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Success Stories by State: Rhode Island

  • 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.