Quality Improvement: Examples from Leading States

This week, the National Academy for State Health Policy released a report on state public-private quality improvement (QI) collaborations. The report, titled, State Partnerships to Improve Quality: Models and Practices from Leading States, can be found here.

A summary of the report:

This Commonwealth Fund-supported report highlights 10 leading state quality improvement partnerships -broad-based, public-private partnerships that strive for long-term, statewide, and systemic quality improvement. This report describes the state partnerships' origins, internal processes, accomplishments, and lessons learned, as well as their five strategies for achieving quality improvement. The factors and policies that influence the 10 featured state partnerships offer key insights for achieving systemic improvement in health care quality and performance. The report features state partnerships in Colorado, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.