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NQF: Home
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 f...
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NQF: About Us
The National Quality Forum (NQF) improves the quality of American healthcare by setting national priorities for performance improvement, endorsing consensus standards for measuring and reporting perfo...
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NQF: Measure Evaluation Criteria
The criteria include the approved recommendations from the 2012 projects on patient-reported outcomes, composites, and eMeasure feasibility.
Conditions for Consideration
Several conditions must be met...
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NQF: Publications
A history of endorsing quality measures drives a future of aligned and truly effective measures.
For over 14 years, NQF was the consensus-based entity for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Ser...
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NQF: Quality Data Model
The Quality Data Model (QDM) is a model of information. Specifically, it is a way to describe clinical concepts in a standardized format so individuals (i.e., providers, researchers, measure developer...
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NQF: Patient Safety
In June 2012, NQF endorsed 14 patient safety measures with a focus on complications, addressing a range of quality concerns, including medication safety, venous thromboembolism, surgical safety, and c...