Resources and Links

The National Committee on Evidence-Based Benefit Design wants to connect benefits managers with other organizations that seek to improve health care quality. Frequently these sites have material you can make available on your intranet health portal at no cost.

Links to Consider Sharing on Your Company Intranet:

• Quick Tips When Getting Medical Tests
• Patient Safety: Tips to Ensure Your Safety
        Materials from the Joint Commission’s “Speak Up” Campaign
  
  • Hospital Safety (English)
  • Hospital Safety (Spanish)
  • Wrong Site Surgery
  • Healthcare Acquired Infection Control
  • Complete List at “Speak Up” Website
    Materials from the Surgical Care Improvement Project
    
  • Tips for Safer Surgery: What You Should Know, What You Can Do

Decision Supports:

• Hospital Quality Alliance’s “Hospital Compare”
• The Joint Commission’s “Quality Check”
• IHI’s “100K Lives” Campaign Participants
• NCQA’s “Health Plan Report Card”
• The Leapfrog Group’s “Hospital Quality and Safety Survey Results”
• Health Grades’ “Quality Reports for Consumers”
• Subimo’s “My Healthcare Advisor”
• Consumer Resports’ “Best Buy Drugs”

Resources for Benefits Managers:

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Technology Evaluation Center
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• National Committee for Quality Assurance
• UnitedHealth Foundation

Treating Depression:

• FDA: Antidepressant Use in Children, Adolescents, and Adults
• ParentsMedGuide: The Use of Medication In Treating Childhood and Adolescent Depression
• SAMSA: How to Tell If Your Child Is Depressed
• WebMD: Depression in Childhood and Adolescence
• UpToDate: Patient Information for Depression