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The Quality Diagnostic Tools for States program consists of events and technical assistance opportunities that disseminate and encourage the use of Quality Improvement tools from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), created to support State policymakers with their health care quality improvement efforts.

Quality Improvement Tools

CDC Chronic Disease Cost Calculator Summary (PDF File, 69 KB; PDF Help)

Technical Assistance

Workshop Agendas and Materials

State Healthcare Quality Improvement Workshop: Tools You Can Use to Make a Difference
December 6 and 7, 2007 Philadelphia, PA
- Presentations
State Healthcare Quality Improvement Workshop: Tools You Can Use to Make a Difference
January 17 and 18, 2008 Phoenix, AZ
- Presentations
Using Administrative Data to Answer State Policy Questions Intensive
December 4 and 5, 2008 Rockville, MD
- Presentations

Audio Conference and Web Conference Materials

PowerPoint® files can be accessed with a Free PowerPoint® Viewer.

2007 State Snapshots: State-based Information from the National Healthcare Quality Report (PowerPoint® File, 2 MB; PDF File, 1.2 MB; PDF Help).
Jeff Brady
Audio Conference, April 28, 2008.
- Full-length audio recording (MP3 Audio File, 13.5 MB, 58 minutes; Transcript)
- Audio recording, Part 1 (MP3 Audio File, 7.1 MB, 25 minutes; Transcript, Part 1)
- Audio recording, Part 2 (MP3 Audio File, 9.1 MB, 33 minutes; Transcript, Part 2)
The Asthma Care Return on Investment Calculator: How to use it (PowerPoint® File, 851 KB; PDF File, 205 KB; PDF Help)
Rosanna Coffey
Web Conference, May 22, 2008

Full-length audio recording (MP3 Audio File, 9 MB, 61 minutes; Transcript)
Question and Answer session

Preventable Hospital Costs: A County-Level Mapping Tool (PowerPoint® File, 2.4 MB; PDF File, 133 KB; PDF Help)
Melanie Chansky and Marybeth Farquhar
Web Conference, June 16, 2008
- Full-length audio recording, (MP3 Audio File, 9.4 MB, 58 minutes; Transcript)
- Question and Answer session
Chronic Disease Cost Calculator (PowerPoint® File, 1.7 MB; PDF File, 370 KB; PDF Help)
Susan Haber and Diane Orenstein
Web Conference, May 1, 2009
- Full-length Conference recording with audio and slides (81 minutes)
- Audio Recording, Part 1 (MP3 Audio File, 40 minutes, 18.7 MB; Transcript)
- Audio Recording, Part 2 (MP3 Audio File, 40.5 minutes, 19.0 MB; Transcript)
- Q&A Session: Chronic Disease Cost Calculator Web Conference
AHRQ 2008 State Snapshots Tool
Ernie Moy, Foster Gesten, and Keely Cofrin Allen
Audio Conference, July 9, 2009.
- Full-length Conference recording with audio and slides (83 minutes; Transcript)
  Select for slide presentations:
- 2008 State Snapshots, Ernie Moy (PowerPoint® File, 5.6 MB; PDF File, 3.3 MB: PDF Help)
- AHRQ State Snapshots: New York, Foster Gesten (PowerPoint® File, 341 KB; PDF File, 215 KB: PDF Help)
- Utah's State Snapshots, Keely Cofrin Allen (PowerPoint® File, 708 KB; PDF File, 535 KB: PDF Help)
Asthma Return-on-Investment Calculator
Rosanna Coffey, Ginger Carls, and Elizabeth Stranges
Audio Conference, September 9, 2009
- Full-length Conference recording with audio and slides (78 minutes; Transcript)
  Select for slide presentation:
- The Asthma Care Return Return-on on-Investment Calculator: Overview and Demonstration (PowerPoint® File, 2.6 MB; PDF File, 555 KB: PDF Help)
- Q&A Session: Asthma Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator Web Conference

Internet Citation:

Archived Quality Diagnostic Tools for States. August 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/qual/kt/