Tools & Resources
National Quality Forum
This organization is a nonprofit organization that improves the quality of American healthcare by building consensus on national priorities and goals for performance improvement and working in partnership to achieve them; endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach...
Patient Safety
This tool (from National Quality Forum) provides resources to increase monitoring of patient safety and recommendations to improve patient safety. It can be found in the Healthcare Professional and Advocate guide under...
Agency for Healthcare Quality and Improvement
This website (from AHRQ) provides information and tools that support the mission of the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Improvement (AHRQ). This tool can be found in the Healthcare Professional and Advocate guide under...
Quality Tools
This tool (from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) is a compilation of practical tools for assessing, measuring, promoting, and improving the quality of healthcare, updated regularly with new innovations and tools. It can be found in the Healthcare Professional and Advocate...
Health Research and Educational Trust
This website provides tools and resources from the Health Research and Educational Trust which is focused on transforming health care through research and education. The site includes numerous research reports that contribute to this mission. It can be found in the Healthcare...
Commonwealth Fund
The website provides tools and resources from the Commonwealth Fund which is focused on promoting a high performing health care system. This site includes data, maps, case studies and grant opportunities. It can be found in the Healthcare Professional and Advocate guide under...
Health Care Leader Action Guide to Reduce Avoidable Readmissions
This tool (from Commonwealth Fund and Health Research and Education Trust) provides step-by-step instructions to analyze, evaluate, and amend your institution’s practices to reduce readmissions. It can be found in the Healthcare Professional and Advocate guide under...
Conducting Rural Health Research, Needs Assessment, and Program Evaluation
This tool (from Rural Health Information Hub) provides a comprehensive guide to conduct a community health needs assessment that meets the requirements of the Affordable Care Act and the Internal Revenue Service. This tool is intended to be especially helpful to rural hospitals. It can be found in the...
Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Triple Aim
This website (from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement) provides background information, as well as tools and success stories, about the IHI's Triple Aim to improve the patient experience and population health and to decrease healthcare costs. It can be found in the ...
RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America
This website (from RWJF) includes many reports and recommendations to improve health outside of health care from the RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America.
It can be found in:
- the Community Development guide under...