Healthcare Quality Strategies, Inc., (HQSI) has been dedicated to accelerating improvement in healthcare quality for people with Medicare in New Jersey since 1982.
HQSI works with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). From 2005 until 2008, CMS is focusing on the following national clinical priority topics for quality improvement: acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care improvement project, breast cancer, diabetes, and adult immunization (influenza and pneumococcal).
These diseases and conditions are causes of high morbidity and mortality among the Medicare population and the United States population as a whole. Quality improvement organizations (QIOs), such as HQSI, participate in efforts on a national, as well as local, basis to improve the quality of health in these clinical conditions.
These quality initiatives are being addressed in nursing homes, hospitals, home health agencies, physician practices, Medicare Advantage, public health (hospital payment monitoring program), and beneficiary protections.
HQSI has amassed a rich set of resources: quality measures, baseline and other data, intervention materials, and publications to assist QIOs and healthcare providers to accelerate healthcare quality improvement.