National Quality Strategy Priorities in Focus - Healthy Living

National Quality Strategy Priorities in Focus - Healthy Living

The National Quality Strategy (NQS) has released a new issue brief on the health and well-being of communities, part of its Priorities in Focus series that spotlights current issues, recent federal initiatives to improve care quality, and data demonstrating improvement in each of the six NQS priority areas. The brief aligns with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Chartbook on Healthy Living that draws on data from the agency's 2015 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR) and 5th Anniversary Update on the National Quality Strategy

The Priorities in Focus brief on Healthy Living features new QDR data that show a trend of national improvement in healthy living measures. Data featured in the Chartbook demonstrate improvement in both quality and disparities. To read the brief, visit: http://www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/reports/nqs-priority-focus-healthy-living.pdf.