The following links provide valueable resources for designing, managing, and improving clinical practice. If you have a link to add, send it to Bob Luttman. Send me bad link reports as well.

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

American Hospital Association

American Medical Association

American Society for Quality

Baldrige National Award for Performance Excellence (check out the Healthcare Criteria)

British Medical Journal: European Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care

Center for Case Management

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth Medical School (Dartmouth "invented" the Value Compass for multidimensional assessment of clinical performance)

Center to Improve Care of the Dying

The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Institute for Safe Medication Practices

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

The Juran Institute

MassExcellence (performance improvement built around the Baldrige criteria, and links to state, local, and international quality awards and resources. An RLA web site client)

National Association for Healthcare Quality

National Coalition on Health Care

National Committee for Quality Assurance

National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine

National Patient Safety Foundation

Deming Electronic Network

Deming site at Clemson University

Juran Institute

Kaizen Institute

Quality Tools