Child Health Quality Measurement and Reporting - Workshop

Background

To date, there are relatively few NQF-endorsed performance measures that address the care settings, health conditions, and/or healthcare needs of particular importance to children. Supported in part by the March of Dimes and the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions, the Workshop explored:

1. Which aspects of children’s healthcare are especially good targets for quality measurement and improvement?
2. Which of these areas can fully developed performance measures be identified?
3. Of the identified areas, which are likely to be the most promising targets for NQF consensus efforts and why?
4. What actions can and should be taken to enable future consensus on and implementation of performance measures in other important areas of children’s healthcare?