NQF Hospital Measures Workshop
Agrees on Second Measure Set
October 25, 2002-As part of its Hospital Performance
Measures project, the National Quality Forum Oct. 17-18 held
a workshop to recommend a hospital measure set to supplement
the hospital measure set approved by the Forum's Board of
Directors. In addition, the workshop panel was charged with
addressing issues raised during the development of the initial
hospital measure set. Debra Ness and William Gillespie, M.D.,
chaired the workshop panel.
Before evaluating the 37 candidate measures, the workshop
panel discussed a variety of issues. They agreed that volume
measures should not be used unless they are accompanied by
outcome measures (e.g., PCI volume and PCI mortality). The
workshop panel agreed on criteria for evaluating proprietary
measures. The criteria include making the methodology behind
the measure transparent, a low or nominal cost, and the ability
to replicate the measure. Eighteen of the candidate measures
were approved. The workshop deliberations will be forwarded
to the Hospital Measures Steering Committee for review. After
the review the measure set will go through the Forum's consensus
process.
Information:
Jeff Patyk, Staff Specialist
AAMC Health Care Affairs
jpatyk@aamc.org
(202) 828-0498
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