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Child Health Toolbox - Measuring Performance in Child Health Programs Access, Quality, and Health Service Delivery
An online resource designed to help State and local policymakers and program directors and staff to answer related questions about measuring health care performance in child health programs. Special f... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Consumer Guides on Long Term Care
A selection of consumer health information fact sheets that answers questions about long term care, choosing long term care and long term care facilities. Some research data is also available on this ... Details >
American Health Care Association

Evidence-based Practice
This web site offers evidence reports and technology assessments on a variety of clinical care topics. Under its Evidence-based Practice Program, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) ... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Improving Health Care Quality: A Guide for Patients and Families
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Practical tips on what people can do to improve the quality of the health care services they receive, including how to avoid medical errors. This guide focuses on the key health care choices people ty... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Miracle Health Claims: Add a Dose of Skepticism
Also available in: Spanish
Remember the first rule of thumb for evaluating health claims: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. This brochure will help you spot false and unsubstantiated claims. It describes some ty... Details >
Federal Trade Commission

NCQA's (National Committee for Quality Assurance) Health Plan Report Card
An interactive tool designed to help you find the right health plan, NCQA's Health Plan Report Card can help you answer questions about health plans that would be difficult to answer on your own. NCQA... Details >
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture
This Web site is designed to assist health care organizations throughout the United States in providing high quality, culturally competent services to multi-ethnic populations.... Details >
Management Sciences for Health

Quality Check: Organization Search Criteria
This service is offered by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and is useful if you have reason to "check up" on the performance of your local health care facility, wheth... Details >
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Registering Complaints About Accredited Organizations
Here is information about how to file a complaint about the quality of care at a health care organization with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. This page may be viewe... Details >
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Report to the President on Medical Errors
The President ordered the Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force to make recommendations for improving health care quality and protecting patient safety following a report from the Institute of M... Details >
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

American Board of Family Practice

American Health Quality Association

C. Everett Koop Institute at Dartmouth

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Digestive Disease National Coalition

Division of Quality Assurance, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration

Family Care Research Program

Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services