Subchapter VII: AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY
Part B: Health Care Improvement Research
- Section 299b: Health care outcome improvement research
- Section 299b–1: Private-public partnerships to improve organization and delivery
- Section 299b–2: Information on quality and cost of care
- Section 299b–3: Information systems for health care improvement
- Section 299b–4: Research supporting primary care and access in underserved areas
- Section 299b–4a: Studies on preventive interventions in primary care for older Americans
- Section 299b–5: Health care practice and technology innovation
- Section 299b–6: Coordination of Federal Government quality improvement efforts
- Section 299b–7: Research on outcomes of health care items and services
- Section 299b–8: Omitted
Part C: Patient Safety Improvement
- Section 299b–21: Definitions
- Section 299b–22: Privilege and confidentiality protections
- Section 299b–23: Network of patient safety databases
- Section 299b–24: Patient safety organization certification and listing
- Section 299b–24a: Activities regarding women’s health
- Section 299b–25: Technical assistance
- Section 299b–26: Severability
Part D: Health Care Quality Improvement
- Subpart 1: quality measure development
- Subpart 2: health care quality improvement programs
- Section 299b–33: Health care delivery system research
- Section 299b–34: Quality improvement technical assistance and implementation
- Section 299b–35: Grants or contracts to implement medication management services in treatment of chronic diseases
- Section 299b–36: Program to facilitate shared decisionmaking
- Section 299b–37: Dissemination and building capacity for research
Part E: General Provisions
- Section 299c: Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Section 299c–1: Peer review with respect to grants and contracts
- Section 299c–2: Certain provisions with respect to development, collection, and dissemination of data
- Section 299c–3: Dissemination of information
- Section 299c–4: Additional provisions with respect to grants and contracts
- Section 299c–5: Certain administrative authorities
- Section 299c–6: Funding
- Section 299c–7: Definitions