title: FACCT (Foundation for Accountability): a large measure of quality.
abstract: The founders of the Foundation for Accountability (FACCT) believe that the people who buy and use healthcare should hold the system accountable for its performance. Here's what this group is doing to articulate the interests of consumers and purchasers in acquiring better information about healthcare quality.
authors.affiliation: Foundation for Accountability, Portland, OR, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D003254:Consumer Advocacy; D003625:Data Collection; D005582:Foundations; D007255:Information Services; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States