National Quality Forum (NQF) news and information

The National Quality Forum has endorsed 21 measures related to population health and care for two types of cancers.
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance has added new performance-related data points in its annual report on Medicaid health plans.
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The American Hospital Association is urging the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to include providers in the field-testing and development of health information technology-enabled quality measures.
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Inpatients at Mountain States Health Alliance have forms attached to their beds, but instead of vital statistics, these forms note their favorite foods, special memories and other personal details.
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The Federation of American Hospitals wants more research before the Medicare outpatient prospective payment system is updated for 2013.
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Mountain States Health Alliance, a 12-hospital not-for-profit health system based in Johnson City, Tenn., has been named the winner of the National Quality Forum's annual National Quality Healthcare Award.
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The National Quality Forum endorsed 46 measures related to cancer care, care coordination, healthcare disparities and culturally competent care for racial and ethnic minorities. The 22 cancer measures—chosen from an initial group of 26—address several specific types of the disease, such...
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The National Quality Forum has endorsed 46 measures related to cancer care, care coordination, healthcare disparities and culturally competent care for racial and ethnic minorities.
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The National Quality Forum endorsed three new and 16 existing quality measures related to pulmonary conditions and the critical-care setting.
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Dr. Donald Casey has resigned as chief medical officer and vice president of quality, academic affairs and research at Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System.
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