AHRQ Innovations Exchange: State Health Care Legislation and Statewide Initiatives

AHRQ Innovations Exchange

September 26, 2012 Issue 
State Health Care Legislation and Statewide Initiatives

This issue includes

Innovations:

• Florida Program Supports Self-Determination for Persons with Mental Illness
• State-Mandated Nurse Staffing Levels in California
• State-Mandated Reporting of Hospital-Acquired Infections in New York
• Maryland Program Enables Physician Practices to Become Medical Homes

QualityTools:

• Health Reform Toolkit Series: Resources From the Massachusetts Implementation Experience
• HIMSS State HIT Dashboard
• STate Action on Avoidable Rehospitalizations (STAAR) Materials

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