Professional Links

(The information provided is only to be used as a resource. Inclusion on the list of links does not imply endorsement by VAHQ)

Virginia Quality
> The Commonwealth Fund	commonwealthfund.org
> Virginia Health Information	vhi.org
> Virginia Health Quality Center	vhqc.org
> Virginians Improving Pt. Care & Safety	vipcs.org
> Virginia Business Coalition	myvbch.org
> Quality Hospital Insight Program	q-hip.com
> Senate Productivity & Quality Award for Virginia	spqa-va.org
> Virginia Assembly	Legis.state.va.us
> Virginia Health Network	vhn.org
> Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association	vhha.com
> Virginia Organization of Nurse Executives	vonenursing.com
> Virginia Department of Health	vdh.virginia.gov
> VA License & Practitioner Search	virginia.gov/
Certification/Accreditation
> Healthcare Quality Certification Board	cphq.org/
> National Committee for Quality Assurance	ncqa.org/
> NCQA Dividend Calculator	ncqacalculator.com/Index.asp
> The Joint Commission	jointcommission.org
> URAC - accreditation agency	urac.org/
Government Related HC Quality Links (United States)
> Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality	ahrq.gov
> AHRQ Inpatient Indicators	qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/iqi_overview.htm
> Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation	aami.org
> Centers for Disease Control & Prevention	cdc.gov/
> Dialysis Facility Compare	medicare.gov/DialysisHospital
> Hospital Compare	hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
> Institute of Medicine	iom.edu/
> Medicare	cms.hhs.gov
> Nursing Home Compare	medicare.gov/NHCompare
> Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC)	quic.gov/
> Quality Measures from AHRQ	qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/
> Quality Tools at AHRQ site	qualitytools.ahrq.gov/
> Quality Net (formally -Quality Net Exchange)	qualitynet.org
> Medicare Quality Improvement Community (Medqic)	medqic.org
> Talking to consumers about healthcare quality	talkingquality.gov/
Healthcare Associations
> AMA Performance Improvement Links	ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2936.html
> American Health Care Association	ahca.org
> American Hospital Association	aha.org/
> Healthcare Financial Management Association	hfma.org
Healthcare Quality Projects/Initiatives
> Home Health Quality Initiative	homehealthquality.org/hh/
> Quality Indicator Project	qiproject.org/
Healthcare Quality Associations
> American Board of Quality Assurance & Utilization Review Physicians, Inc.	abqaurp.org/
> American College of Medical Quality	acmq.org
> American Health Quality Association	ahqa.org
> ASQ Healthcare Division	asq.org/healthcare-use/why-quality/overview.html
> Foundation for Health Care Quality	qualityhealth.org/
> Institute for Healthcare Improvement	ihi.org
> Institute for Medical Quality	imq.org/
> National Association for Healthcare Quality	nahq.org
> National Institute for Children’s Healthcare Quality	nicqh.org/nichq
> The Quality Forum	qualityforum.org/
International Projects in Healthcare Quality
> National Patient Safety Agency (UK)	npsa.nhs.uk
> Quality Assurance Project (US Aid international effort)	qaproject.org/
Patient Safety
> National Patient Safety Foundation	npsf.org/
> Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare	psqh.com/
> Patient Safety Net at AHRQ site	psnet.ahrq.gov/
> The Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety	leapfroggroup.org
General Quality (associations, awards, journals, etc.)
> American Society for Quality	asq.org/
> International Organization for Standardization	iso.org/iso/home.htm
> National Malcolm Baldrige Quality Program	baldrige.nist.gov/
> Quality Colloquium	qualitycolloquium.com/
> Quality Digest Journal	qualitydigest.com/
> Six Sigma in Healthcare	healthcare.isixsigma.com/
> The Juran Institute	juran.com/
> The Quality Portal	thequalityportal.com/
> The W. Edwards Deming Institute	deming.org/
> Free Quality Resource Tools	freequality.org
> Baptist Healthcare Leadership Institute	baptistleadershipinstitute.com/
Quality & Safety Blogs/Listserves
> Weblog	http://precisionapproach.wordpress.com/