NQF Mammography Committee
Discusses and Identifies Measures
September 26, 2003 - The coordinating committee for
the National Quality Forum's (NQF) Mammography Center Measures
project Sept. 22 met to discuss and recommend a set of measures
for consumers and providers on mammography center quality.
The co-chairs of the coordinating committee are Diane Blum,
ACSW, and Valerie Jackson, M.D. The committee recommended
measures in the following areas:
- Mammography facility accreditation;
- Number of screening mammograms performed per year;
- Patient experience of care;
- False positive and false negative rates; and
- Coordination of care in reporting results.
This project is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
and is not a NQF consensus project. The identified measures
will be pilot tested and if successful may go through the
NQF consensus development process.
Information:
Jeff Patyk, Staff Specialist
AAMC Health Care Affairs
jpatyk@aamc.org
(202) 828-0498
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