CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
December 16, Vol. 07-204
AHRQ Launches New Consumer-Oriented Video on Health
Care Value and Quality
The Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) has
launched a new consumer-oriented video on health care
value. The video, Health Care Value: What Are We Getting
for What We Spend?, features AHRQ Director Carolyn M.
Clancy, M.D., and Reed Tuckson, M.D., Executive Vice
President and Chief of Medical Affairs, United Health
Group. In the program, experts discuss the barriers
to quality and value in health care today; what is being
done by government, insurance companies, employers,
and patient groups to improve the quality and value
of health care; and what individual patients can do
to help guarantee that they receive the highest quality
health care for the best price. Select to access the
video.
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