QUality alliance steering committee

(QSC)

• Coordinates efforts of other quality alliances

• Accreditation 
• ORYX: consider outcomes
• Medication management standards
• National patient safety goals

National committee for quality assurance

(NCQA)

• Review/accredits managed health orgs
• Standards measurable across orgs
• Org report cards

• Accredits TPs

Quality improvement orgs

(QIOs)

• Government
• Ensure only pay for necesary procedures
• Address individual complaints

Agency of Healthcare research & quality

(AHRQ)

• Government
• Researched HC quality
• e-prescribing/electronic prescriptions

• Government
• Safety & ADEs
• drug recalls, safety alerts, labeling changes

• Private org
• NCC, MERP
  
• MEDMARX

Institute of safe medical practices 

(ISMP)

• Private org
• Medication error prevention
• Medication error reporting program (MERP)

• Joint commission
• NCQA
• URAC

• QIO
• AHRQ
• FDA

• USP
• ISMP