§ 41.05.029. Washington state quality forum -- Established -- Duties
The Washington state quality forum is established within the authority. In collaboration with the Puget Sound health alliance and other local organizations, the forum shall:
(1) Collect and disseminate research regarding health care quality, evidence-based medicine, and patient safety to promote best practices, in collaboration with the technology assessment program and the prescription drug program;
(2) Coordinate the collection of health care quality data among state health care purchasing agencies;
(3) Adopt a set of measures to evaluate and compare health care cost and quality and provider performance;
(4) Identify and disseminate information regarding variations in clinical practice patterns across the state; and
(5) Produce an annual quality report detailing clinical practice patterns for purchasers, providers, insurers, and policymakers. The agencies shall report to the legislature by September 1, 2007.
[2007 c 259 § 9.]
Notes:
Severability -- Subheadings not law -- 2007 c 259: See notes following RCW 41.05.033.
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