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AHRQ sponsors local quality exchanges in support of HHS goals.

Publication: Managed Healthcare Executive
Publication Date: 01-AUG-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: AHRQ sponsors local quality exchanges in support of HHS goals.(ACROSS THE NATION)

Article Excerpt
UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS), AHRQ supports various big-picture projects, such as the Value-Driven Health Care Initiative, a public-private effort launched in 2006. The guiding principles of the initiative have been widely publicized and are described as four cornerstones (interoperable health IT; quality reporting; price transparency; and alignment of incentives).

To advance the four cornerstones, HHS has...

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