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Guidance for sponsors of consumer reports on health care quality

Resources for Report Design

Design-oriented guidelines and checklists are good resources for ensuring that you are using design features in combination with text to help your readers notice, understand, and use the information in your quality report. The resources listed below offer detailed guidelines for design as well as examples and explanations that help you apply the guidelines to your own material:

• Resources: Basic Principles of Design and Practical Applications
• Resources: Web Design
• Resources: Making Your Web Report Accessible
• Resources: Fonts and Visual Contrast
• Resources: Using Color
• Resources: Printing Reports
• Resources: Methods for Testing Written Material With Readers

Also in "Tips on Designing a Quality Report"

• First Decision: Web, Paper, or Both
• General Tips for Making Your Report Appealing and Easy To Skim
• Additional Tips for Designing Web Reports
• Advice on Choosing and Working With Design Professionals
• Testing Your Report By Getting Feedback From Users
• Resources for Report Design