RAM Partner and QIO News
Here you will find the latest news, newsletters and information from RAM National Partners and Quality Improvement Organizations who are focusing on issues related to those being covered in the Remaking American Medicine televsion series, the RAM outreach campaign, as well as local coalition activities taking place around the country. Remember to visit the RAM Campaign News page and of course, we also invite you to subscribe to our monthly online E-Newsletter.
News Updates
August 2006
AHRQ Patient Safety Network
The AHRQ Patient Safety Network features links to the latest tools, literature, and news in patient safety, as well as an annotated collection of patient safety resources and advanced customizability. Read it here
July 2006
July 31 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Guideline Clearinghouse Update
Read the following new/updated information on the NGC Web site.
Read it here Read the archived Updates here.
July 31 - The National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (NQMC) Web site, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Read the following new/updated information on the NQMC Web site.
Read it here Read the archived Updates here.
July 31 - Quality Tools - "What's New This Week" by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Read it Here Read the archived Quality Tools here.
July - American Nurses Association - Nursing Insider
June 2006
June - JCAHOnline
A monthly news brief from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - Read it here.
IHI's Monthly Newsletter
Read the latest issue of IHI's "Continuous Improvement" Newsletter
June - American Nurses Association - Nursing Insider
May 2006
NEW: IHI's First Podcast - Download a free podcast of IHI's April 19, 2006, "Author in the Room" call featuring Don Berwick and Tom Nolan discussing their recent JAMA article, "All-or-None Measurement Raises the Bar on Performance."
Click here to access the podcast.
April 2006
April - JCAHOnline
A monthly news brief from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - Read it here.
IHI's Monthly Newsletter
Read the latest issue of IHI's "Continuous Improvement" Newsletter
April - American Nurses Association - Nursing Insider
April 26 - AHRQ Patient Safety Network
The AHRQ Patient Safety Network features links to the latest tools, literature, and news in patient safety, as well as an annotated collection of patient safety resources and advanced customizability. Read it here
April 24 - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Guideline Clearinghouse Update
Read the following new/updated information on the NGC Web site.
Read it here Read the archived Updates here.
April 24 - The National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (NQMC) Web site, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Read the following new/updated information on the NQMC Web site.
Read it here Read the archived Updates here.
April 24 - Quality Tools - "What's New This Week" by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Read it Here Read the archived Quality Tools here.
March 2006
IHI's Monthly Newsletter
Read the latest issue of IHI's "Continuous Improvement" Newsletter
February 2006
February 22 - JCAHO's Home Care Bulletin - Issue 1 is now online! Read it here!
JCAHOnline - A monthly news brief from the Joint Commission.
NEW! - MedQIC, an online resource for Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) and healthcare professionals is releasing the latest version of the Web site, MedQIC 2.1 on February 7, 2006.
Find out more at: www.medqic.org
February 2- The latest Quality Update from the American Health Quality Association Read it here
January 2006
January 12 - JCR RECEIVES ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION GRANT TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATION TRAINING FOR NURSES, PHYSICIANS - See press release
2005
October
October 27 - Joint Commission Seeks Applications For 2006 Ernest Amory Codman Award
September
PRESS RELEASE - JCAHO and National Quality Forum
Joint Commission and National Quality Forum Announce 2005 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards
September 15 - PRESS RELEASE - AHRQ
New Publication Helps Consumers Understand and Get Quality Health Care
HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality today released a new publication, Guide to Health Care Quality: How To Know It When You See It, to help consumers identify high-quality health care. This booklet is part of AHRQ's new consumer education campaign to help people take a more active role in their own health care.
August
August 11, 2005 - PRESS RELEASE - Buyers Helath Care Action Group
Report Comparing Minnesota Health Plan Quality Released;
eValue8 Survey Helps Employers Place a Common Purchase Order for Health
August 3, 2005 - The National Quality Forum endorses a National Voluntary Consensus Standard for a patient safety taxonomy
Access the complete press release here. 
July
July 25 - American Health Quality Association
CMS “Roadmap for Quality”: Key role for QIOs
Statement by David Schulke, Executive Vice President, AHQA
July 13 - PRESS RELEASE - Alliance of Community Health Plans
ACHP Releases New Research Compilation on Variations in Health Care
