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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

Current Issue             Past Issues

June 2006

June - JCAHOnline

A monthly news brief from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - Read it here.

 

IHI Continuous Improvement Newsletter Logo

IHI's Monthly Newsletter

Read the latest issue of IHI's "Continuous Improvement" Newsletter

 

June - American Nurses Association - Nursing Insider

Current Issue             Past Issues

 

 

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 Continuous Improvement Newsletter Logo

IHI's Monthly Newsletter

Read the latest issue of IHI's "Continuous Improvement" Newsletter

 

April - American Nurses Association - Nursing Insider

Current Issue             Past Issues

 

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 Continuous Improvement Newsletter Logo

IHI's Monthly Newsletter

Read the latest issue of IHI's "Continuous Improvement" Newsletter

 

February 2006

 

JCAHO Home Care Bulletin Masthead February 22 - JCAHO's Home Care Bulletin - Issue 1 is now online!   Read it here!

 

JCAHOnline - A monthly news brief from the Joint Commission. 

Read it here

 

 

MedQIC Web siteNEW! - 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

Read it here

 

 

September

 

PRESS RELEASE - JCAHO and National Quality Forum

Joint Commission and National Quality Forum Announce 2005 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards

 

Read Release Here

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

Care Quality

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

Quality

 

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