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The Quality Diagnostic Tools for States program consists of events and technical assistance opportunities that disseminate and encourage the use of Quality Improvement tools from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), created to support State policymakers with their health care quality improvement efforts.
Quality Diagnostic Tools for States
Goal: To increase State policymakers' use of the following Quality Improvement tools: State Snapshots, HCUPnet, Diabetes Workbook Summary, Asthma Workbook Summary, Asthma Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator, Preventable Hospitalization Costs and Mapping Tool, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Chronic Disease Cost Calculator. Technical assistance for the tools includes workshops, audio and Web conferences, and hands-on technical assistance with individual States to encourage and facilitate use of the tools. Explore the Quality Improvement tools below and learn more about activities related to the tools.
Who Should Participate?
Quality Improvement Tools
Technical Assistance
Audio Conference and Web Conference Materials
PowerPoint® files can be accessed with a free PowerPoint® Viewer (Plugin Software Help).
- Innovations Exchange
Audio Conference, October 13, 2010
- State Quality Tools: ROI Calculator
Audio Conference, September 14, 2010
- Full-length
recording (Flash
File, 1 hour, 27 minutes; Plugin Software Help ;
Transcript)
- The Asthma Care Return-on-Investment Calculator: Overview and Demonstration (PowerPoint® File, 4.8 MB)
Rosanna Coffey, Ph.D., Ginger Carls, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Stranges, M.S.
- Alabama's Experience Using AHRQ's Quality Diagnostic Tools and Technical Assistance (PowerPoint® File, 3.6 MB)
Mary G. McIntyre, M.D., M.P.H. and Stephanie Lindsay
- Overview of State Snapshots
Audio Conference, August 10, 2010
- Full-length
recording (Flash
File, 1 hour, 8 minutes; Plugin Software Help ;
Transcript)
- 2009 State Snapshots (PowerPoint® File, 5.8 MB)
Ernie Moy, M.D., M.P.H., AHRQ, and Rosanna Coffey, Ph.D., Thomson Reuters
- Sustaining a Culture of Excellence: Enterprise Performance Measurement Project (PowerPoint® File, 990 KB)
Judith Nugent, M.P.A, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
- MONAHRQ's Preventable Costs and Hospitalization Mapping Tool
Audio Conference, July 21, 2010
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP): Overview of HCUP Databases, Tools, & Resources (PowerPoint® File, 17 MB; PDF File, 6 MB; Plugin Software Help).
Lauren Wier, M.P.H.
Audio Conference, May 18, 2010
Archived Quality Diagnostic Tools for States
For more information, contact: Margie Shofer (Margie.Shofer@ahrq.hhs.gov).
Current as of September 2012
Internet Citation:
Quality Diagnostic Tools for States. September 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/kt/index.html
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