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Your Project Checklist

The checklists below are designed to help you plan and manage your quality reporting project.

  • Share them with your team as you work through the process of planning and implementing your project.
  • Save the Word versions of these checklists to your computer so you can use them to keep track of what you know, what you need to find out, what you have done, and what you want to do.
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Download the complete checklist. (Word, 455 KB; PDF, 508 KB)

To download checklists on a specific topic, select the links below:

Plan Your Reporting Project

  • Your Audience (Word, 41 KB; PDF, 108 KB)
  • Your Objectives (Word, 39 KB; PDF, 120 KB)
  • The Health Care Environment (Word, 48 KB; PDF, 115 KB)
  • Your Partners (Word, 47 KB; PDF, 114 KB)
  • The Subject of Your Report (Word, 50 KB; PDF, 119 KB)
  • Quality Measures (Word, 43 KB; PDF, 112 KB)
  • Your Role as a Sponsor (Word, 42 KB; PDF, 110 KB)
  • Paying for the Project (Word, 42 KB; PDF, 111 KB)
  • Managing the Project (Word, 44 KB; PDF, 114 KB)
  • Gaining Trust of Providers and Plans (Word, 42 KB; PDF, 109 KB)
  • Testing Report Materials (Word, 43 KB; PDF, 123 KB)
  • Planning Your Evaluation (Word, 42 KB; PDF, 111 KB)

Download all checklists for this section. (Word, 194 KB; PDF, 317 KB)

Translate Data Into Information

  • Showing Differences in Performance (Word, 44 KB; PDF, 119 KB)
  • Describing Measure (Word, 47 KB; PDF, 119 KB)
  • Organizing Measures (Word, 38 KB; PDF, 110 KB)
  • Choosing a Point of Comparison (Word, 45 KB; PDF, 116 KB)
  • Displaying the Data (Word, 42 KB; PDF, 119 KB)
  • Taking Advantage of Web Functionalities (Word, 44 KB; PDF, 117 KB)

Download all checklists for this section. (Word, 134 KB; PDF, 226 KB)

Explain and Motivate

  • Delivering Key Messages (Word, 39 KB; PDF, 110 KB)
  • Providing Details (Word, 38 KB; PDF, 110 KB)
  • Offering Other Information (Word, 38 KB; PDF, 113 KB)
  • Supporting Consumers in Using Information (Word, 43 KB; PDF, 117 KB)

Download all checklists for this section. (Word, 85 KB; PDF, 183 KB)

Disseminate

  • Selecting a Medium (Word, 47 KB; PDF, 119 KB)
  • Getting Quality Information to Your Audience (Word, 41 KB; PDF, 117 KB)
  • Promoting Your Report (Word, 57 KB; PDF, 134 KB)

Download all checklists for this section. (Word, 98 KB; PDF, 192 KB)

Assess

  • Deciding What To Evaluate (Word, 45 KB; PDF, 139 KB)
  • Producing an Evaluation Plan (Word, 53 KB; PDF, 120 KB)
  • Using Evaluation Findings (Word, 41 KB; PDF, 110 KB)

Download all checklists for this section. (Word, 87 KB; PDF, 192 KB)