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- Knowledge Library | NQF
Measures focused on the use of physical restraint and seclusion; follow-up after emergency department visit for alcohol and other illegal drug use or dependence and mental illness; discharge of patients on multiple antipsychotic medications; and screening for violence risk, substance use, psychological trauma history, and patient strengths upon
- Home | NQF - National Quality Forum
For over 14 years, NQF led the endorsement and maintenance of quality performance measures for CMS This experience led us to the understanding that the most important work happens through stakeholder engagement and measure innovation before endorsement, and during implementation after it Today, NQF is dedicated to forging multi-stakeholder consensus on measurement standards and practices
- Key Initiatives | NQF
Key Initiatives NQF® rapidly implements next-generation measures and methods to improve patient safety, outcomes and affordability while reducing measurement burdens
- NQF: Patient Safety - Measures - National Quality Forum
Consensus drives every aspect of NQF work Expert committee members represent diverse interests from every healthcare sector Measures are endorsed by NQF only after thoughtful discussion and debate from across the healthcare community And recommendations for use of measures in federal programs are made with input from public and private stakeholders alike
- NQF: Pediatric Measures - National Quality Forum
Pediatric Measures Because of the importance of a healthy childhood for achieving good health and quality of life in adulthood, NQF will take a concerted look at pediatric measures This project launched in July 2015
- NQF: Overcoming the Health Impact of Social Determinants
SES factors are the focus of the current NQF trial to determine when risk adjusting quality performance measures for SES is appropriate The NQF Strategy Session panel identified priority SDOH that affect health outcomes, including poverty and employment, social and family support, housing, education and literacy, and food and healthy behaviors
- 2842: Family Experiences with Coordination of Care (FECC)-1 Has Care . . .
The full NQF submission includes a set of 8 of the FECC quality measures; this submission relates to FECC 1, described below The short descriptions of each quality measure follows; full details of FECC-1 are provided in the Detailed Measure Specifications (see S 2b): 2842: FECC-1: Has care coordinator
- 0059: Comprehensive Diabetes Care: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control . . .
The HEDIS® measures and specifications were developed by and are owned by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) The HEDIS measures and specifications are not clinical guidelines and do not establish a standard of medical care NCQA makes no representations, warranties, or endorsement about the quality of any organization or physician that uses or reports performance measures
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