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The Minnesota State Legislature convened a committee, the Quality Assurance Panel, to study the efficacy of establishing regional quality assurance and improvement models in Minnesota. The Department of Human Services asked the Research and Training Center (RTC) on Community Living and the Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) to provide assistance to the Panel. The Quality Assurance Panel recommended that Minnesota establish a State Quality Commission to provide leadership on quality improvement activities and review quality outcomes at the state level, Regional Quality Councils to review quality outcomes at a regional level and to identify and implement initiatives to improve those outcomes. The QA Panel also recommended that Minnesota conduct an annual independent statewide sample of service recipients, an outcome-based quality assessment program, and an updated effective program of incident reporting, investigation and analysis.

• Quality Assurance 2007 - Executive Summary (PDF)
  Report to the Minnesota Legislature on the Findings and Recommendations of the Legislatively-Mandated Quality Assurance Panel. (2007); File Size: 283 KB
• Quality Assurance in Minnesota 2007 - Final Report (PDF)
  Findings and Recommendations of the Legislatively-Mandated Quality Assurance Panel (2007); File Size: 350 KB

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