As Oklahoma's Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), OFMQ is a partner to Oklahoma hospitals in improving health care quality. 

Opportunity for Quality Improvement in Hospitals

Oklahoma hospitals have made measurable progress in recent years in reporting quality data, improving results on key performance measures, and implementing processes to ensure their patients receive better care. However, we still have work to do. And with an increasing national focus on accountability for quality of medical care and the potential for pay-for-performance models, the incentive has never been greater for hospitals to focus energy and resources on quality improvement.

Our Current Projects

In August 2008, Medicare’s Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) program officially launched a new three-year program cycle, known as the 9th Scope of Work (SOW). The QIO program calls us to focus our work in three important national priority themes: Patient Safety, Prevention and Beneficiary Protection. Read the QIO program priorities.

Patient Safety projects in hospitals 

Quality Data Reporting in Hospitals