Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports - Softcover

Institute Of Medicine; Board On Health Care Services; Committee On Future Directions For The National Healthcare Quality And Disparities Reports

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309149851 ISBN 13: 9780309149853

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2010

Synopsis

As the United States devotes extensive resources to health care, evaluating how successfully the U.S. system delivers high-quality, high-value care in an equitable manner is essential. At the request of Congress, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) annually produces the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and the National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR). The reports have revealed areas in which health care performance has improved over time, but they also have identified major shortcomings. After five years of producing the NHQR and NHDR, AHRQ asked the IOM for guidance on how to improve the next generation of reports. The IOM concludes that the NHQR and NHDR can be improved in ways that would make them more influential in promoting change in the health care system. In addition to being sources of data on past trends, the national healthcare reports can provide more detailed insights into current performance, establish the value of closing gaps in quality and equity, and project the time required to bridge those gaps at the current pace of improvement.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0309149851
• ISBN 13: 9780309149853
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246
• Editor: Burke Sheila, Bruno Michelle, Ulmer Cheryl