"The National Quality Center, in conjunction with HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau, provides no-cost, state-of the-art technical assistance for all Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006 funded grantees to improve the quality of HIV care nationwide."

The National Quality Center (NQC), administered by the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute, is a quality improvement initiative funded since 2004 through a cooperative agreement with the Health Resource and Service Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau. NQC aims to build capacity to improve the quality of HIV/AIDS care and services across the United States.

NQC provides quality improvement services built around three core components:

• Sharing: Rapid dissemination of information and resources related to quality improvement through websites, conference exhibits, listserv activities, direct mail
• Training: Training and educational fora on a wide array of quality-related topics through conference calls, webcasts, educational workshops, online training program and training-of-trainer program
• Consulting: Intensive, individualized on-site and off-site consultation involving online and/or phone consultations by quality improvement experts