Citation
(2002), "US and UK sign agreements to collaborate on health care quality", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 15 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2002.06215aab.004
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
US and UK sign agreements to collaborate on health care quality
US and UK sign agreements to collaborate on health care quality
In October the USA and the United Kingdom agreed to a new joint health effort aiming at improved quality of health care. Representatives of the two Governments signed a Joint Statement of Intent to collaborate on data and measurement regarding quality of care.
Under the agreement, the USA and UK plan to share data and experiences related to quality of care, including efforts to enhance the use of information technology, expand common criteria for measurement of quality of care, and achieve mutual quality research goals. Efforts will be aimed at improved monitoring and reporting, including reporting on medical errors and patient safety; improving primary care and cost effectiveness of care; and reducing disparities in the care available to patients.
The signing took place at a session of the Commonwealth Fund's Fourth International Health Policy Symposium. The focus of this year's Commonwealth Fund Symposium is on health care system reforms and improving access and quality of care for at-risk populations. The quality of care agreement grew out of the continuing work of a bilateral working group on quality health care first formed in 1997 under the aegis of the Fund and The Nuffield Trust, private foundations in the USA and UK, respectively.