NU Online News Service, Feb. 25, 2005, 3:56 p.m. EST
A major health quality standards group has included Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Newt Gingrich on its 2005 health quality awards list.[@@]
The group, the National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, is honoring Clinton for “championing the call for more rigid standards in the area of health care quality” and Gingrich, the former Republican speaker of the House, for his work on health care quality improvement, diabetes screening and other initiatives.