"We made tremendous strides as an organization in 2008 and established a solid foundation for improving the quality of health care in the state." According to Fleming, the key accomplishments achieved by the Quality Forum include:

• Drafting the grant that secured Louisiana as one of only 12 sites chosen by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for its Electronic Health Records Demonstration Project, which will bring up to $29 million in reimbursements for participating physician practices.
• Promoting and assisting the implementation of patient-centered medical homes, including securing Gov. Bobby Jindal and the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals' (DHH) inclusion of the patient-centered medical home as a core component of Medicaid reform.
• Developing and launching the Quality Forum web site www.lhcqf.org, which includes the Quality Measurement Analysis Portal, the first of its kind nationally.
• Establishing itself as a reliable resource for the state and other health care professionals on health information technology and exchange (HIT/HIE), including convening major stakeholders in HIT/HIE to develop recommendations for DHH on the implementation of a statewide health information exchange or LaHIE.
• Being one of the first 14 inaugural organizations nationwide designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a "Chartered Value Exchange," which is the centerpiece of the HHS Value-Driven Health Care
  Initiative.
• Placing Executive Director Shannon Robshaw on the nationally recognized Quality Alliance Steering Committee and as co-chair of its National Regional Alignment Workgroup.