Register Now: July 21 Webinar To Highlight Federal Efforts Supporting National Quality Strategy

Registration is open for a webinar on July 21, from 1 to 2 p.m. ET, focusing on federal programs that align with National Quality Strategy (NQS) efforts to provide better, more affordable health care. Speakers from AHRQ, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of Personnel Management will share their tailored approaches to improving health care quality for all Americans and progress made at the five-year anniversary of the NQS.

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Cover of the 2015 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and 5th Anniversary Update on the National Quality Strategy

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2015 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and 5th Anniversary Update on the National Quality Strategy

Each year since 2003, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has produced the National Healthcare Quality Report and theNational Healthcare Disparities Report. These reports to Congress are mandated in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-129). Beginning with the 2014 reports, findings on health care quality and health care disparities are integrated into a single document. For the first time, this year’s National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and National Quality Strategy Update is a joint effort addressing the progress made against the National Quality Strategy (NQS) priorities at the 5-year anniversary of the Strategy. The NQS is backed by theNational Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report data. Integration of these two efforts within AHRQ supports the development of this more comprehensive report on the success of efforts to achieve better health and health care and reduce disparities.

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Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
Aims of the National Quality Strategy
Access and Disparities in Access to Health Care
Quality and Disparities in Quality of Health Care
Priorities of the National Quality Strategy
Looking Forward
References

Page last reviewed May 2016

Internet Citation: 2015 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report and 5th Anniversary Update on the National Quality Strategy. Content last updated May 2016. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqdr15/index.html