The AHRQ Quality Indicators Mapping Tool (QIMT) is a software program that
- maps selected AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs) for a State, by county
- overlay user-defined population data, assuming the user can supply these additional datasets
- display county-level rates and cost-reduction data in a worksheet format
The QIMT uses hospital discharge records as the basis to calculate the county level rates of each of the area-level indicators in all four of the AHRQ QI modules:
- the Prevention Quality Indicators,
- the Inpatient Quality Indicators,
- the Patient Safety Indicators, and
- the Pediatric Quality Indicators.