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2010
SEP 01, 2010
NQF 2011 National Healthcare Quality Award to Reward Accountable Care
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has opened the application period for its 2011 National Healthcare Quality Award, which recognizes exceptional organizational leadership and innovation to achieve national goals for quality improvement. The 2011 Award application is open through October 27, 2010.  

MAY 13, 2010
NQF Endorses National Voluntary Consensus Standards
 Washington, DC (May 13, 2010) – At its meeting on May 5, the National Quality Forum’s Board of Directors ratified the Consensus Standards and Approval Committee’s (CSAC) recommendations to endorse standards for hospital psychiatric care, statin medication at discharge, and HCAHPS. 

MAY 10, 2010
NQF Forms New Health IT Advisory Committee
To guide its ongoing work in health information technology, the National Quality Forum has formed a new Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC). Members of the new advisory committee represent a wide range of healthcare stakeholders, including consumers, providers, clinicians, purchasers, suppliers, and public and community healthcare. 

MAY 06, 2010
NQF Endorses Measures for Hospital Psychiatric Care
The National Quality Forum has endorsed two inpatient psychiatric measures that focus on quality improvement in psychiatric hospitals and general hospitals with psychiatric units.  The endorsed measures address the use of restraints and seclusion and complement psychiatric medication management measures recently endorsed by NQF.  

APR 09, 2010
NQF to Release Updated Safe Practices Implementation Guide
To improve the quality and safety of healthcare in the United States, the National Quality Forum (NQF) is releasing its updated manual Safe Practices for Better Healthcare. The 34 Safe Practices outlined in the manual are tools to prevent healthcare errors and address common issues like healthcare-associated infections, medication errors, surgical errors, and pressure ulcers. 

MAR 31, 2010
NQF Seeks Comment on Measure Maintenance Process
The National Quality Forum (NQF) is seeking public comment through April 14 on a proposed new process for maintaining its portfolio of endorsed standards; NQF members can submit comments through April 21. 

MAR 11, 2010
Practice Makes Perfect - Tips for Safer Healthcare
Healthcare in the United States isn’t as safe as it should be. Preventable errors cost the U.S. an estimated 98,000 lives and $17 billion to $29 billion per year in healthcare expenses, lost worker productivity, lost income, and disability. While healthcare spending grows more than 7 percent per year, it is estimated that patient safety is improving by only 1 percent. 

MAR 02, 2010
NQF Presents Quality Data Set at HIMSS
The National Quality Forum (NQF) is advancing its efforts to support an effective infrastructure for quality improvement through the use of electronic platforms. NQF is participating in this year’s HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase in Atlanta from March 1-3, 2010. The Interoperability Showcase provides attendees with hands-on experience, allowing them to experience the benefits of well-coordinated HIT as they walk through each step of the care delivery process as a patient. Last year’s showcase drew over 4,000 attendees.  

FEB 22, 2010
NQF Conference Goes Beyond Reform to Advance Quality
In an uncertain environment for healthcare reform in the United States, the National Quality Forum's (NQF) 2010 spring conference will bring together the nation’s top healthcare leaders—including decision makers and senior executives—to share their insights and strategies for advancing and strengthening quality improvements in the U.S. healthcare system. 

FEB 19, 2010
NQF Updates Policy on Time-Limited Endorsement
The Board of Directors of the National Quality Forum has approved an updated policy on assessing measures that have been endorsed time-limited and on future use of time-limited endorsement. 

JAN 20, 2010
NQF Seeks Nominations for Health IT Advisory Committee
The National Quality Forum (NQF) is seeking nominations for members of the newly established Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC).  

JAN 15, 2010
North Shore-LIJ Health System Receives 2010 NQF National Quality Healthcare Award
Today the National Quality Forum (NQF) announced North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System as the recipient of the 2010 NQF National Quality Healthcare Award for its ongoing commitment to providing high-quality, transparent, patient-centered healthcare.   

JAN 04, 2010
NQF Endorses Measures to Incrementally Advance Use of Electronic Data for Quality Improvement

As an incremental step toward wider use of electronic data platforms to measure, report, and improve quality, NQF has endorsed 70 measures that combine data from two or more common electronic sources such as administrative claims, pharmacy and laboratory systems, and registries. The measures cover sixteen conditions, including bone and joint conditions, cardiovascular disease, asthma and respiratory illness, and diabetes. 
 

 

2009
DEC 28, 2009
National Quality Forum Endorses Updated Safe Practices

DEC 02, 2009
National Quality Forum Members Elect Nine Directors to Board

NOV 12, 2009
National Quality Forum Welcomes Ann Hammersmith, General Counsel

NOV 12, 2009
NQF Helps Ensure Health IT Captures Information to Drive Quality Improvement

NOV 04, 2009
National Quality Forum Endorses Six Measures for Melanoma and Eye Care

OCT 06, 2009
NQF Conference Spotlights the Quality Imperative in Healthcare Reform

SEP 21, 2009
2009 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award Recipients Announced

SEP 01, 2009
NQF Welcomes Rosemary Kennedy, Senior Director of Nursing and Healthcare Informatics

AUG 17, 2009
National Quality Forum Endorses Measures to Improve Medication Safety and Quality

AUG 17, 2009
National Quality Forum Members Elect New Council Leaders

JUL 22, 2009
New Partners Appointed to National Priorities Partnership

JUL 07, 2009
National Quality Forum Approves Criteria for Evaluating Composite Measures

JUN 25, 2009
National Quality Forum Welcomes New SVP And Chief Operating Officer

JUN 22, 2009
National Quality Forum Appoints New Members To Consensus Standards Approval Committee

JUN 12, 2009
National Quality Forum Welcomes Dr. Thomas Valuck, SVP of Strategic Partnerships

MAY 29, 2009
10 Years After To Err is Human Report Reveals Massive Safety Problems Are We Better Off? What Must Be Done to Ensure Safety?

MAY 19, 2009
National Quality Forum Presents Memorial Hermann Healthcare System With 2009 Nqf National Quality Healthcare Award

MAY 11, 2009
Leaders from Congress, Administration and Healthcare to Address Delivery System Reforms from the Inside Out

MAY 11, 2009
Media Advisory

APR 21, 2009
Performance measures – having the right tool for the job

APR 07, 2009
New NQF Endorsed Standards Focus on Quality and Patient Experience in Home Health Care

MAR 16, 2009
Cleveland Conference: Quality Healthcare Can and Should Cost Less

MAR 10, 2009
Patient Safety Can't Wait - NQF Calls For Faster Spread Of Safe Practices

MAR 04, 2009
National Quality Forum Launches Project To Increase Patient Safety And Decrease Waste By Improving Coordination Of Healthcare

FEB 23, 2009
National Quality Forum Endorses Guidelines To Reduce Disparities In Healthcare And Make Care Patient-Centered And Culturally Appropriate

FEB 12, 2009
Joint Commission, National Quality Forum Now Accepting Applicants for the 2009 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards

FEB 02, 2009
National Quality Forum names Memorial Hermann Healthcare System Winner of 2009 NQF National Quality Healthcare Award

JAN 29, 2009
HHS Awards NQF Contract to Expand Priority-Setting Activities and Enhance its Portfolio of Standardized Performance Measures

JAN 28, 2009
National Quality Forum Welcomes New Senior Advisor On Patient Safety

JAN 14, 2009
Media Advisory Jan 14, 09

2008
DEC 19, 2008
Statement of the National Quality Forum Board of Directors

NOV 17, 2008
National Quality Forum Convenes Movement to Transform Healthcare National Priorities Partnership Aligns and Accelerates Performance Measurement and Improvement

OCT 30, 2008
NQF ENDORSES CONSENSUS STANDARDS TO REDUCE WASTE AND PROMOTE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE USE OF IMAGING PROCEDURES

OCT 29, 2008
NQF ENDORSES MEASURES TO ADDRESS CARE COORDINATION AND EFFICIENCY IN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS

OCT 27, 2008
NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM ENDORSES NATIONAL CONSENSUS STANDARDS FOR PERINATAL CARE

OCT 27, 2008
NQF ENDORSES GUIDELINES FOR CONSUMER-FOCUSED PUBLIC REPORTING

OCT 24, 2008
NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM CREATES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

SEP 25, 2008
National Quality Forum names Baylor Health Care System Winner of 2008 NQF National Quality Healthcare Award

SEP 23, 2008
Janet Corrigan appointed to AHIC Successor, Inc. Board of Directors President and CEO of National Quality Forum joins board to encourage healthcare IT implementation

AUG 29, 2008
NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM ENDORSES NATIONAL CONSENSUS STANDARDS FOR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

AUG 05, 2008
NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM ENDORSES NATIONAL CONSENSUS STANDARDS PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC REPORTING

JUL 18, 2008
Medicare Law Provision Will Make Quality Front and Center in America's Efforts to Successfully Reform Our Nation's Healthcare System

MAY 15, 2008
NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM ENDORSES CONSENSUS STANDARDS FOR QUALITY OF HOSPITAL CARE

MAY 15, 2008
National Quality Forum presents Baylor Healthcare Systems with 2008 National Quality Healthcare Award

MAY 13, 2008
Quality critical to health care reform

MAR 13, 2008
National Quality Forum Spring Conference

MAR 06, 2008
STATEMENT OF JANET M. CORRIGAN, PhD, MBA PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM

FEB 08, 2008
Joint Commission, National Quality Forum Now Accepting Applicants for the 2008 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards

2007
SEP 20, 2007
NQF Publishes National Voluntary Consensus Standards for the Treatment of Substance Use Conditions: Evidence-Based Treatment Practices

JUL 07, 2007
NQF Endorses Additional Clinician-Level Consensus Standards for Hospital Care

JUL 07, 2007
NQF Endorses Consensus Standards for Patient Experience with Care

JUN 29, 2007
National Quality Forum Membership Approves New Governing Board

MAY 15, 2007
NQF Board of Directors Approves Candidates for New Governing Board and the Creation of Three New Advisory Committees

MAY 14, 2007
NQF Endorses New Consensus Standards on Evidence-Based Practices to Treat Substance Use Conditions

MAY 10, 2007
NQF Endorses Clinician-Level Consensus Standards for Ambulatory and Hospital Care

MAR 13, 2007
National Quality Forum Endorses Consensus Standards for Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast & Colorectal Cancer

MAR 13, 2007
National Quality Forum Endorses New Consensus Standards for Acute Care Hospitals

JAN 29, 2007
HealthPartners Wins NQF's 2007 National Quality Healthcare Award

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