Clinical Quality Improvement by Disease Category

Improving Quality of Care White Papers

Asthma

Health East Improvement Case Report on Asthma (Process Improvement Report #4)        (download .PDF format)

ADHD

Practitioners Toolkit        (download .PDF format)

Cancer

Breast Cancer

Early Detection for Women

Mammography Screening and Older Women

Quiz:  Test your Breast Cancer Knowledge

Cardiac

AF Anticoagulation Clinic

Using Ace Inhibitors for Congestive Heart Failure

Test Your AMI Knowledge

Test Your CHF Knowledge

Patient Teaching Color Zone for CHF

Lipid Screening in Adults        (download .PDF format)

Lipid Screening in Children and Adults

Anticoagulation Therapy – Process Improvement Report        (download .PDF format)

Chronic Care

Chronic Conditions – Case for Improvement

Examining Chronic Care in California’s Safety Net

The Chronic Care Model – An Integrated Approach

Conducting a Continuing Care Clinic – A Handbook for Practice Teams

Assessment of Chronic Illness Care

Clinical Decision Support/Guidelines

Clinical Decision Support for Physician Practice

Knowledge Resources – Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

Guideline Impact Studies

Cultural Competency

Improving Patient Satisfaction Surveys to Assess Cultural Competence in Health Care

Depression

Depression and Primary Care - Toolkit

Depression – Changing Practice Changing Lives – Health Care Disparities

Assessment and Management of Depression in Primary Care – A Monograph

Major Depression in Adults in Primary Care – Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement        (download .pdf format)

Diabetes

Diabetes - Patient Health Record - CMRI

Diabetes - Numbers to know

Diabetes - Preventative Services

Diabetes Quiz

Diabetes Zones - Green, Yellow and Red

Diabetes - Changing practice/Changing Lives

Process Improvement Report

Patient Registries for Diabetes: Three Medical Groups’ Experiences (Process Improvement Report #17)        (download .PDF format)

HealthPartners Improvement Case Report on Diabetes (Process Improvement Report #11)        (download .PDF format)

HealthEast Patient Survey – Diabetes Education Program (Process Improvement Report #8)        (download .PDF format)

HealthEast Improvement Case Report on Diabetes (Process Improvement Report #10)        (download .PDF format)

CMGH Improvement Case Report on Diabetes (Process Improvement Report #3)        (download .PDF format)

Evidenced Based Medicine

EBM Page

Group Visit

Group Visit Starter Kit

Group Model Comparison

Immunization

 Adult

Influenza Assessment & Order Form

Sample Patient Letter

Test Your Community Acquired Pneumonia Knowledge

Childhood

NICHQ ADHD Practitioners' Toolkit


Park Nicollet Health Services / Improvement Case Report: Improving Pediatric Immunization Rates (Process Improvement Report #25)        (download .PDF format)

Pediatric Asthma

misc. child asthma links

Preventive Care

Systematic approach to Improve Preventive Care

IZ Test

Preventive Services for Adults        (download .PDF format)

Sustaining Improvement – Process        (download. PDF format)

Process Report on Prevention        (download .PDF format)

Self Management

Self Management Support Tool

HealthEast Patient Survey – Diabetes Education Program (Process Improvement Report #8)        (download .PDF format)  

Technology Assessment Report Compendium        (download .PDF format)