附录A: Healthcare Quality Organizations
The major healthcare quality organizations that have a bearing on the US Healthcare system are listed below. Exemplary Australian, Canadian, and UK organizations are included because US policymakers often reference them for either positive or negative examples of how healthcare should be managed.
United States
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) www.aaahc.org
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) www.ahrq.gov
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) www.ahip.org
American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) www.aabb.org
American Board of Medical Quality (ABMQ) www.abmq.org
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) www.acep.org
American College of Surgeons (ACS) www.facs.org
American Dental Association (ADA) www.ada.org
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) www.ahima.org
American Health Quality Association (AHQA) www.ahqa.org American Hospital Association (AHA) www.aha.org
American Medical Association (AMA) www.ama-assn.org
American Nurses Association (ANA) www.ana.org
American Optometric Association (AOA) www.aoa.org
American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) www.aone.org
American Osteopathic Association (AOA) www.aoa-net.org
American Pharmacists Association (APhA) www.aphanet.org
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) www.ashrm.org
American Society for Quality (ASQ) www.asq.org
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) www.ashp.org
American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) www.ashi-hla.org
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) www.apsf.org
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) www.aamc.org
Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) www.aiag.org
Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) asrs.arc.nasa.gov
Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) www.nist.gov/baldrige
Care Quality Commission (CQC) www.cqc.com
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) www.cdc.gov
CDC Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dhqp
CDC Healthcare-Associated Infections www.cdc.gov/hai
Center for Information Technology Leadership (CITL) www.citl.org
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) www.cms.hhs.gov
COLA www.cola.org
College of American Pathologists (CAP) www.cap.org
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) www.fda.gov
Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania www.haponline.org
Institute for Healthcare Improvement www.ihi.org
Institute for Safe Medication Practices www.ismp.org
Joint Commission International (JCI) www.jointcommission.org
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) www.jcaho.org
Kaiser Permanente www.kaiserpermanente.org
Leapfrog Group www.leapfroggroup.org
Medical Group Management Association www.mgma.com
National Academy for State Health Policy www.nashp.org
National Association for Healthcare Quality www.nahq.org
National Association of Chain Drug Stores www.nacds.org
National Coalition on Health Care www.nchc.org
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) www.ncqa.org
National Coordinating Council on Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCCMERP) www.nccmerp.org
National Health Policy Forum (NHPF) www.nhpf.org
National Patient Safety Foundation www.npsf.org
National Quality Forum (NQF) www.qualityforum.org
Partnership for Patient Safety www.p4ps.org
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) www.phrma.org
US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) www.va.gov
US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) www.usp.org
Australia
Australian Association for Quality Health Care (AAQHC) www.aaqhc.org.au
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care www.safetyandquality.gov.au
Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) www.achs.org.au
Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association (AHHA) www.ahha.asn.au
Australian Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) www.apsf.net.au
Canada
Accreditation Canada www.accreditation.ca
Standards Council of Canada (SCC) www.scc.ca
International
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) www.iso.org
United Kingdom
National Health Service (NHS) www.nhs.uk
QHA Trent Accreditation www.qha-trent.co.uk
UK Akkreditering Forum Limited (UKAF) www.ukaf.org.uk