Quality Resources

• Resources Specific to Hospice & Palliative Care
• Hospice QI Resources
• Hospital-based QI Resources
• General Quality of Resources for Physicians
• CME on Quality Improvement
• Selected AAHPM presentations on quality measurement and reporting
• Other references

Resources Specific to Hospice & Palliative Care

General Tools:

• IHI - Palliative Care Resources
• Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care QI
• National Consensus Project
• TIME: Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End-of-Life Care

Hospice QI Resources:

NHPCO resources:

• Quality Partners
• Ten Components of Quality in Hospice Care

Hospital-based QI Resources:

CAPC resources:

• Measurement Tools
• iPal-ICU: Improving Palliative Care in the ICU

General Quality Resources for Physicians

Key educational resources:

• Primer from the Council of Medical Specialty Societies. Excellent overview of quality measurement from physician point of view. Perhaps more in depth than some AAHPM members are looking for – an excellent resource.

• ACMQ (American College of Medical Quality)
• (see especially ACMQ summary of key IOM reports on quality)
• ACPE(American College of Physician Executives)
• American Hospital Association's site on process improvement
• American Society for Healthcare Risk Management:(Includes resources on webinars, etc.)
• National Institute for Quality Improvement and EducationNIQIE was founded in 2007 to support the integration of quality improvement and continuing education for health professionals with the ultimate goal of improving patient care.)

CME on quality improvement

• AAHPM 2011 Conference:
  Palliative Care Quality Monitoring (Feb 18, 2011)
• ACPE Introductory courses:
  Three Faces of Quality(ongoing)
• ACPE Advanced courses:
  Advanced Applications in Quality Management(ongoing)
• Appreciative Inquiry: Igniting Positive Change
  Mayo Clinic:
• Teaching Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Health Professions Education(May 23-24, 2011)
• NHPCO webinars (ongoing)

Selected AAHPM presentations on quality measurement and reporting

Check back in April for slide sets from the AAHPM pre-conference workshop on quality

Other general references

• The Measurement of Health Care Performance - A Primer from the Council of Medical Specialty Societies
• Summary of key IOM reports on quality prepared by American College of Medical Quality
• 2009 fact sheet critiquing CMS Roadmaps for Quality. Prepared by Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project.
• National Performance Measurement Landscape: Basics for Consumers & Purchasers. Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project. 2007 Briefing. Provides an overview of the national "measurement enterprise," describing the process and the major entities involved in measurement development, endorsement, and developing implementation strategies.
• AAPM&R article series on Clinical Quality Improvement This series of six articles appeared in The Physiatrist between July/August 2008 and February 2009
• The Quality Academy of the National Quality Center Set of narrated slide tutorials developed for Ryan White HIV treatment programs. 27 tutorials labeled by level (beginner, intermediate, advanced). Although most of the specific examples are for HIV treatment, the general principles of performance improvement are explained simply and well.
• The Quality Toolbox developed by Americans for Quality Healthcare, of the National Partnership for Women and Families –Variety of slide shows, fact sheets, references on quality improvement. Oriented to the consumer view. Leans heavily on need for public reporting and consumer engagement to make quality improvement effective. Good source of basic info on quality targeted to a consumer audience – but professionals can learn from it too.
• CareSearch Palliative Care Knowledge Network Citations to articles about clinical issues and populations of interest in palliative care. Mostly review articles, some clinical guidelines included.