The Ohio Hospital Association is the nation's first state-level hospital association and currently represents 169 hospitals and 18 health systems throughout Ohio.

Established in 1915, OHA works with member hospitals to meet the health care needs of their communities and to create a vision for the future of Ohio's health care environment. OHA has more than 1,900 members of 10 affiliated societies.

The National Quality Forum (NQF) is a nonprofit organization that aims to improve the quality of healthcare for all Americans through fulfillment of its three-part mission:

• Setting national priorities and goals for performance improvement;
• Endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and
• Promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs.

http://www.ahrq.gov/

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), 1 of 12 agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is committed to helping the nation improve our health care system. AHRQ's mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. To fulfill this mission, AHRQ conducts and supports health services research.

http://www.ahqa.org/

American Health Quality Association (AHQA)

Represents member Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations & professionals working to improve health care quality and patient safety.

http://www.aha.org/aha_app/issues/Quality-and-Patient-Safety/index.jsp

American Hospital Association (AHA)
Quality & Patient Safety 

AHA Quality Center is another resource of the AHA to help hospitals accelerate their quality and performance improvement processes. It features tools, articles and other resources.

http://www.ashrm.org/

American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM)

A membership group of the American Hospital Association that “promotes effective and innovative risk management strategies and professional leadership through education, recognition, advocacy, publications, networking and interactions with leading health care organizations and government agencies.

http://www.asq.org/links/health_care.html

This website links to ASQ’s list of healthcare links!

American Society for Quality (ASQ)

ASQ is the world's leading authority on quality and this professional association advances learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange to improve business results, and to create better workplaces and communities worldwide.
(Not a healthcare organization, but includes healthcare quality information.)

http://www.quality.nist.gov/

Baldrige National Quality Award

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award was created by Public Law 100-107, signed into law on August 20, 1987.  The Baldrige Award is given by the President of the United States to businesses—manufacturing and service, small and large—and to education, health care and nonprofit organizations that apply and are judged to be outstanding in seven areas: leadership; strategic planning; customer and market focus; measurement, analysis, and knowledge management; human resource focus; process management; and results.
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) manages the Baldrige National Quality Program in close cooperation with the private sector foundation. 

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

The agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), responsible for administration of the Medicare & Medicaid programs.

http://www.ihi.org/

Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

A not-for-profit organization “leading the improvement f health care throughout the world. IHI was founded in 1991 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. IHI's work is funded primarily through our own fee-based program offerings and services, and also through the generous support of a distinguished group of foundations, companies, and individuals.”

http://www.jointcommission.org/

Joint Commission (JC)

Accreditation of healthcare organizations worldwide.

http://medqic.org/

Medicare Quality Improvement Community (MedQIC)

A national knowledge forum for healthcare and quality improvement professionals, sponsored by CMS.

With more than 3,000 pages of content, our site features information on asbestos, mesothelioma, and other cancers that are caused by asbestos exposure (lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, etc.). Unlike other sites, Asbestos.com has achieved HON code approval (Health On the Net (HON) Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation that works to preserve the accuracy and trustworthiness of Web-based medical information). Our site has employed a full staff of writers dedicated to research and writing about asbestos exposure and the diseases that result from exposure to the toxic mineral.

http://www.ncqa.org/

National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

NCQA is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA developed the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set, (HEDIS) a tool used by more than 90 percent of America's health plans to measure performance on important dimensions of care and service.

http://www.nahq.org/

National Association of Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)

NAHQ empowers healthcare quality professionals from every specialty by providing vital research, education, networking, certification and professional practice resources, and a strong voice for healthcare quality.

http://nrcpicker.com/

NRC Picker / Picker Institute

Pt. satisfaction surveys “dedicated to measuring and improving the most important aspects of the patient experience. We are unique in being the only research firm in the nation to provide seamless delivery of research results directly linked to evidenced based best practice recommendations.”

http://www.urac.org/

URAC

(formerly the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission – now officially called URAC), a nonprofit organization promoting healthcare quality by accrediting healthcare organizations.

http://www.oqp.med.va.gov/

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Quality & Performance (OQP)

The mission of the Office of Quality and Performance (OQP) is to support clinicians, managers, and employees in providing the highest quality of care for Veterans.