The documents on this page provide summaries of NQF's recent measure endorsement projects. They'll give you quick context and topline details, including settings where measures can be used, and a list of the endorsed measures.
As health reform efforts focus on expanding coverage, increasing access to care, and reducing costs, understanding how resources are being used is important. For the first time ever, NQF has endorsed four measures related to healthcare resource use and costs, which can help create a more efficient, less wasteful healthcare system.
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States and was estimated to cost the United States $316.4 billion in 2010. In January 2012, NQF endorsed 39 cardiovascular measures – with an increased focus on outcomes and composite measures – designed to address cardiovascular conditions in all settings of care.
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Preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) has become a national priority for public health and patient safety. In January 2012, NQF endorsed four HAI measures for use across a range of care settings, including a newly harmonized surgical site infection measure from the CDC and American College of Surgeons.
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Regional coordination has been identified as a critical means of improving emergency medical care through more efficient resource use. In January 2012, NQF endorsed a framework that establishes a roadmap for systematically regionalizing emergency care services at the national, state, and regional level.
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