3.0.0 4127 2023-01-15T04:48:37Z 2023-01-15T04:48:37Z House H HR 2004-04-02 108 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2004-04-08T13:21:01Z Referred to 2004-04-02T14:01:00Z 2004-04-08 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2004-04-02 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2004-04-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-04-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 N U000031 Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] FRED UPTON R MI 6 2004-04-02 True Health Accident prevention Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Federal aid to health facilities Hospital care Hospitals Performance measurement Quality of care Health

00 2004-04-02 Introduced in House 2004-05-21T18:34:06Z Improving Efficiency and Quality in Hospitals Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to make grants to hospitals for developing and implementing measurement-based strategies to improve the quality and efficiency of health care. Requires hospitals to use the grants to improve safety, injury avoidance, the effectiveness of services, timeliness, efficiency, and the equitable distribution of services. Requires the Secretary to provide such grants to urban hospitals, non-urban hospitals, teaching hospitals, and hospitals with fewer than 50 acute care beds.

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