The Quality Indicators Windows Application is easy to use with step-by-step instructions on loading your data and verifying that the data are in the format required. Users can look at the results for individual cases, the organization as a whole, or for subgroups based on patient demographics.
The AHRQ Quality Indicators Windows Application may be installed on platforms that meet the following minimum requirements (no third party statistical software needed).
*Extensive testing has yet to be conducted using the newly released Windows 7 and/or SQL Server 2008 environments. Therefore, we cannot guarantee results within these unsupported environments.
SQL Server and .NET are provided free of charge by Microsoft. For more information please see the following links on the Microsoft website: (this will take you away from the AHRQ website)