Hospital Quality
Office of Statewide Health
Planning and Development (OSHPD)
Government agency that collects and reports outcome data on
hospitals in California.
California Hospital Assessment and Reporting Taskforce
(CHART)
Developing a statewide hospital performance rating system.
National
Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Non-profit that measures health care quality nationwide.
HHS - Hospital Compare
Federal government site that compares hospital on a series of
performance measures.
Health Grades
Private organization that grades hospitals on a number of
procedures.
The Leapfrog Group
Private organization that assesses hospital safety and
recommends improvement opportunities.
HealthScope
Private organization that rates healthplans through California
The CalPERS Partnership for Change: Promoting Value in
Hospital Care
CalPERS program to partner with other purchasers to improve
health care quality.
Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety,
efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.
Hospital Quality Alliance
A public-private collaboration to improve the quality of care
provided by the nation's hospitals by measuring and publicly
reporting on that care.
Research/Public Policy
Kaiser Family Foundation
Foundation that provides health care research and information.
The Commonwealth Fund
Foundation that provides health care research and news.
Health Affairs (subscription required)
Health care research and policy journal.
Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC)
Provides health care research and analysis.
Institute of Medicine
Reports and projects from the Institute of Medicine on health
care quality.
National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)
Works with health care professionals to improve health care.
National Quality Forum
Non-profit organization that develops national quality
standards.
News
California Healthline
A daily rundown of key health news.
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Member Organizations
Alameda County
Office of Education
California
Federation of Teachers
California Field Ironworkers Labor Management Cooperative Trust
California Public
Employers-Employees Health Care Coalition
California School Employees Association
California
Teachers Association
California's Value Trust
Carpenters 46 Northern CA Counties Conference Board
Construction
Employers’ Association
Elk
Grove Unified School District
Grant Joint Union High School District
International
Longshore and Warehouse Union - Longshore Division
Laborers
Trust Funds for Northern California
Los
Angeles Community College District –
Los Angeles College Faculty
Guild
Los Angeles Unified School District
Machinists Automotive Trades, District Lodge No. 190 of N. CA
Operating
Engineers Local 3
Poway
Unified School District
Professional
and Technical Engineers, Local 21
San Francisco Community
College District
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AFT Local 2121
School Insurance Group of Placer and Nevada County Schools
Service Employees
International Union - United Healthcare Workers, West
Sheet Metal
Workers’ Local 104 Health Care Plan
Service
Employees International Union, Local 1000
Southern
California Schools Voluntary Employee Benefits Association
UC Unions (AFSCME L3299,
CUE,
UC-AFT,
UPTE)
UFCW
National Health and Welfare Fund
Waste Management
Partners
California
Education Coalition for Health Care Reform (CECHCR)
Communications Toolkit: Using information to get
high quality care
Description: The communication
toolkit is a collection of free health communication materials
to use with your workforce about evidence-based health care and
getting high quality care. Companies and unions can use the
Toolkit to develop communications about many important health
care issues for consumers including: being better informed;
actively managing their health; getting quality, cost-effective
care; and using “evidence-based care.”
The American Institutes for Research
developed the Toolkit materials with funding from the California
HealthCare Foundation. The National Business Group on Health
maintains and hosts the Toolkit website.
Developed by: American Institutes
for Research (AIR)
Funded by: California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF)
Hosted by: National Business Group on Health (NBGH)
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