Success Stories by Source: Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS)

• Arkansas Regional Quality Improvement Initiative
  July 2007
  The Arkansas RQI initiative is targeting quality improve­ment breakthroughs in four clinical areas: comprehensive diabetes care, cervical cancer screening, well-child visits, and preventive services for adults.
• Rhode Island Regional Quality Improvement Initiative
  July 2007
  The Rhode Island RQI initiative is aligning performance standards and financial incentives among the state’s health plans, purchasers, and providers. Using morbidity, cost, and prevalence data, stakeholders selected four chronic conditions for quality improvement: pediatric asthma, diabetes, coronary artery disease, and depression.
• Rochester New York Regional Quality Improvement Initiative
  July 2007
  The Rochester, New York (Monroe County) RQI initiative is working across payers to improve the quality of care provided to individuals with diabetes at the practice-site level.