Links & Resources

To educate and inform consumers/patients, health care providers, employers/purchasers and other Iowa shareholders.

Consumers/Patients/Purchasers

Leapfrog Group - www.leapfroggroup.org
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) - www.cms.hhs.gov/quality
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - www.jcaho.org/quality+check/index..htm
The Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare - www.dartmouthatlas.org
Consumer Reports - http://www.consumerreports.org
Consumer Patient Disclosure Project - www.healthcaredisclosure.org
National Quality Forum - www.qualityforum.org
Agency for Health Care Research & Quality - www.ahcpr.gov/research/jan03
Institute of Medicine (IOM) - www.iom.edu
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) regarding health benefits - www.bls.gov/opub/cwc
Iowa Health Buyer's Alliance - www.ihbaonline.org

Quality Tools

www.leapfroggroup.org
The Leapfrog Group for consumers.
www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
www.qualitycheck.org
Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations.
www.consumerreports.org
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to health care related sites to educate and inform consumers/ patients, health care providers, employers/ purchasers and other Iowa shareholders.