Clinical Improvement Team Reports and Other Research

Evidence in health care is vital to making informed decisions.  We encourage you to review the findings and insights from research and reports produced by health care experts and other professionals in the Puget Sound region and throughout the country.
 

• Clinical Improvement Teams
• Clinical Improvement Team Reports
• Other Research and Reports

Clinical Improvement Teams

The Alliance has convened seven clinical improvement teams, each focused on specific conditions or categories of care.  These teams are made up of groups of physicians and other experts in the Puget Sound region and are brought together to:

1. Identify and recommend evidence-based guidelines for use by physicians and other health professionals to help ensure that they provide the most effective care to every patient with a specific condition;

2. Choose measures that will be used to rate the performance of medical practices and hospitals regarding care they provide; and

3. Identify specific strategies that will help improve the quality of care and the health and long-term wellbeing of people in the Puget Sound region. 

Each team submits a final report that is reviewed by the Alliance Quality Improvement Committee and Board of Directors.  The reports provide detailed information about clinical care guidelines, quality measures and several high priority strategies to bring about positive changes for patients, physicians and others.  Once approved by the Committee and the Board of Directors, the reports are shared with doctors and other health care professionals in clinics, medical practices, hospitals, and professional societies and associations throughout the Puget Sound region. 

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Clinical Improvement Team Reports

Clinical Improvement Team reports focus on specific conditions or categories of care. Each provides clinical care guidelines, quality measures and strategies for achieving optimal performance on these measures. Reports are available by request from the Puget Sound Health Alliance.

Asthma

Depression

Diabetes

Heart Disease

Low Back Pain

Prescription Drugs

Prevention

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Other Research and Reports

Hospital Transparency

Website for information comparing hospital pricing and quality for Washington state, with answers to commonly asked questions about hospital bills.

Hospital Pricing provides information on charges at Washington hospitals.

Hospital Quality Measures provides performance data on selected quality measures such as heart attack and heart failure.

Understanding Hospital Bills answers common questions about hospital bills.

Better Care, Lower Costs

Brochure about the importance of public reporting about health care, aligned incentives, and health Information Technology.

Survey of Puget Sound Consumers Regarding Health Care Quality and Affordability

Summary of results of Puget Sound Health Alliance Online Consumer Survey.

Case Studies in Innovation: Puget Sound Health Alliance

Case study about the Alliance conducted by the Progressive Policy Institute.

Doing Well by Doing Good: Improving the Business Case for Quality

Research paper ntended to set forth an approach to meaningful engagement of physicians which could produce improved quality, better patient outcomes, reduced costs and reduced administrative and regulatory burden in the health care system.

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