Illinois Foundation For Quality Health Care (IFQHC) IFQHC is the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for the State of Illinois.  QIOs work with physicians and health care professionals to promote high quality medical care for Medicare beneficiaries.  IFQHC is contracted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to perform the designated quality improvement activities Medicare Quality Improvement Community Provides clinical resource information related to the publicly-reported quality measures (QMs) including ADL decline, infections, pain, etc. Nursing Home Quality Initiatives Quality First Quality First is a philosophy of quality and a framework for earning public trust in aging services.  More important, is a renewal of our commitment as aging-services providers to help older adults and their loved ones live their lives to their fullest potential. Quality of Life Assessment Manual Introduction to seven QOL assessment measures developed by the Quality of Life Assessment Project at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Includes questionnaires, validity of instrument, cultural appropriateness and taxonomy of goals. Quality Measures Scores – Accessing Your Resident Lists