Health Quality and Cost CouncilOverview
Governor O’Malley’s vision for health care reform addresses health care quality, costs, and access together. Governor O’Malley created the Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council through Executive Order to focus priorities for improving health care in Maryland. The Council brings together health care leaders to collaborate on ways to improve quality and contain costs across the public and private sectors. The Council will lay out a blueprint to make Maryland an international leader in the delivery of health care.
Council's Mission Statement
To maximize the health of the citizens of Maryland through strategic planning, coordination of public and private resources, and evaluation that leads to: effective, appropriate, and efficient policies; health promotion and disease prevention initiatives, high quality care delivery, and reductions in disparities in healthcare outcomes.
Council's Vision Statement
The State of Maryland is a demonstrated national leader in the implementation of innovative, effective cost containment strategies and the attainment of health and high quality health care. The State’s efforts are guided by a commitment to ensuring that care is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, equitable, integrated and affordable.
The Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council invites nominations for a member of the general public to join the Council as a consumer representative. Individuals may nominate themselves or someone else by sending a résumé, curriculum vitae or brief biographical description for the nominated person to Ms. Grace Zaczek at zaczekg@dhmh.state.md.us or at
Ms. Grace S. Zaczek
Interim Director, Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council
Office of Planning
201 West Preston Street, Room 225
Baltimore MD 21201
Please contact Ms. Zaczek with any questions at 410-767-5683.
A consumer member of the Council:
(1) Shall be a member of the general public; and
(2) May not be a clinical health care professional or work for an organization whose primary purpose is the delivery of health care services.
Nominations will be accepted until 5 PM on Monday, April 30, 2012.
(Hospital) Evidence Based Medicine Workgroup
The Workgroup will recommend specific initiatives for statewide implementation within the hospital setting, and develop procedures to identify future evidence based initiatives.
More Information Wellness and Prevention Workgroup
The Workgroup will identify actionable wellness and prevention strategies. These strategies will be integrated into the chronic care management plan. The initial focus of the group will be diabetes and obesity.
More Information Patient Centered Medical Home Workgroup
The Workgroup will support initiatives to strengthen primary care and explore wider adoption of the medical home model and improved chronic disease management.
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The Governor's Charge
- Coordinating and facilitating collaboration on health care quality improvement and cost containment initiatives
- Making recommendations on health care quality and cost containment initiatives and priorities to policy makers, State and local governmental entities, professional boards, the Maryland Patient Safety Center, industry groups, consumers, and other stakeholders,
- Developing a chronic care management plan to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of care for individuals with, or at risk for, chronic disease,
- Facilitating the integration of health information technology in health care systems, and
- Examining and making recommendations regarding other issues relating generally to the Council’s mission to improve health care quality and reduce costs in the State.
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