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National Quality Strategy Released: Healthy People/Healthy Communities One of Three Main Aims

The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is required to establish a National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care (the National Quality Strategy) that sets priorities to guide this effort and includes a strategic plan for how to achieve it. A new report describes the initial Strategy and plan for implementation with three broad aims to be used to guide and assess local, State, and national efforts to improve the quality of health care:

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Sexual Activity Measurement Strategies

Direct measures of unsafe sex are difficult to obtain. Studies have used self-reported measures such as numbers and types of sex partners, frequency of...

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Health Gaps Report

These reports (from CHR&R) help answer the question: Why is there so much difference in the health of residents in one county compared to...

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Methods

The County Health Rankings measures the health of nearly all counties in the nation and ranks them within states. The Rankings are compiled using...
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Beyond the County Health Snapshots

Looking for Data On Other Sites Once you’ve identified areas where you want to learn more, look below for local, state and national sources...