We need better information about the actual performance of doctors and hospitals in order to improve health care quality. Patients need information about the quality of care that doctors and hospitals provide to make informed choices about their own care. Doctors and hospitals need information about the quality of care they provide to improve it. Consumers and purchasers need information about the value they are getting for their health care dollars. These slides present information about performance measurement and public reporting, including ways they are being implemented around the country. This slideshow is part of a collection of slides that describes the state of health care quality today, where we want to go with health care quality and how we get there.
The Talking About Quality resource presents health care statistics, facts and messages related to health care quality and reform. These slides can be downloaded individually or collectively for use in your presentations, or you can add them to the “My Presentation Builder” tool, which is featured in the right-hand column of this page. These slides will be updated regularly with recent research and messages.