Noteworthy Organizations

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• American Medical Association House of Delegates (AMA HOD)
• American Medical Association Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (AMA PCPI)
• American Medical Association Resource Based Relative Value Scale (AMA RVS)
• Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Physician Quality Reporting System (CMS PQRS)
• Critical Care Societies Collaborative (CCSC)
• Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)
• Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)
• Hospital Compare
• Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA)
• National Quality Forum (NQF)
• Partnership for Patients
• Physician Compare
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Other Resources

• Healthcare Reform - News from the White House and President Obama
• HHS Leadership Website - Dr. Donald M. Berwick
• Kathleen Sebelius - Healthcare Blog
• World Health News (Harvard) – www.worldhealthnews.harvard.edu
• Health News Group (UK) – British Medical Journal

Are there other organizations in the healthcare quality, safety, regulatory or public policy arenas that should be included in this list? Contact Lori Harmon at lharmon@sccm.org.