Patient Safety Final Technical Report - Fall 2018 Cycle 

For almost 20 years, the National Quality Forum (NQF) has led initiatives to measure patient safety performance, promote safe practices, and identify and reduce serious reportable events (SREs). The National Quality Forum’s (NQF) portfolio of safety measures spans a variety of topic areas. Many measures in the portfolio are used in public accountability and quality improvement programs. The Patient Safety Standing Committee oversees the NQF Patient Safety measure portfolio, evaluates newly-submitted and previously-endorsed measures against NQF's measure evaluation criteria, identifies gaps in the portfolio, provides feedback on gaps in measurement, and conducts ad hoc reviews. During the fall cycle of 2018, the Patient Safety Standing Committee evaluated six measures undergoing maintenance review. This review cycle included measures related to the following key safety topics: medication monitoring, medication review, surgical site and hospital-acquired infections, and nurses’ practice environment. All six measures were re-endorsed. The endorsed measures did not receive any appeals.