Quality: Other Web Sites

The American Hospital Association Quality Center

Designed to help hospitals accelerate their quality and improvement processes, AHA’s Quality Center contains a host of resources that hospitals will find useful. Information is organized around eight dimensions of quality: leadership, performance measurement and reporting, information technology, culture and communication, patient safety, business case for quality, physician and workforce engagement, and improvement strategies and methodologies.

The Consumer’s Guide to Quality Health Care in Ohio

This Web site serves as a clearinghouse of healthcare cost and quality information for Ohioans. Consumers can find information about providers in their area and resources to both help them become a smarter healthcare consumer and learn to better manage their personal health.

Hospital Compare

This Web site allows consumers to compare the quality of care provided by hospitals on a host of medical conditions including heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia. Information has been provided primarily by hospitals.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

This section of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Web site contains numerous resources related to measuring healthcare quality, reducing errors, and innovation in the patient safety arena.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

This not-for-profit organization strives to lead the improvement of healthcare throughout the world.  The 5 million lives campaign, led by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), is a voluntary initiative that aims to get U.S. hospitals to commit to adopting twelve changes in care that save lives and reduce patient injuries.

Ohio Patient Safety Institute

Dedicated to improving patient safety for all Ohioans, the Ohio Patient Safety Institute (OPSI) has the ability to work with over 180 hospitals and 9,000 physicians in the state. Information about medication and surgery safety, as well as resources for leadership and consumers are available on the OPSI Web site.

Last Updated: July 1, 2008