Voting Review of Draft Report National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Ambulatory Care: Cycle 3

On October 1, 2007, NQF Member primary contacts were sent voting instructions for the draft reports National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Ambulatory Care: Cycle 3 and National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Ambulatory Care: Measuring Healthcare Disparities.

NQF’s Ambulatory Care project, a multi-year, multi-phase effort, has sequentially considered performance measures in priority areas identified by NQF members during the Phase 1 workshop.  Current activities within Phase 3, Cycle 3 address the priority area of “Special Settings of Care,” such as ambulatory surgical centers and healthcare disparities.  This report presents 15 additional performance measures in the areas of bone and joint conditions (low-back pain), 1 measure for advanced care planning, and 9 measures for ambulatory surgery centers. A companion report, National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Ambulatory Care: Measuring Healthcare Disparities presents recommendations for using NQF-endorsed™ consensus standards to address the urgent concern of healthcare disparities.

Voting closes Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 6:00 pm EDT – no exceptions.
All voting is by electronic submission only.

Revised Voting Documents

National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Ambulatory Care: Cycle 3

  1. The voting draft document, including a cover memo, the redlined report, measure specifications, commentary, and references, is available for review here. The voting draft has been revised based on the comments received during the review period and consultation with the Steering Committee. 
  2. A table of the comments received and the actions taken may be accessed here.
  3. Access the TAP and Steering Committee meeting summaries  and measure evaluations.

National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Ambulatory Care: Measuring Healthcare Disparities

  1. The voting draft document, including a cover memo, the redlined report, measure specifications, commentary, and references, is available for review here. The voting draft has been revised based on the comments received during the review period and consultation with the Steering Committee. 
  2. A table of the comments received and the actions taken may be accessed here.
  3. Access the TAP and Steering Committee meeting summaries  and measure evaluations.

Access a sample ballot for the entire voting package (Member internal use only) here.  No hard copy ballots will be accepted or counted.

This project is being conducted under NQF’s Consensus Development Process v 1.8.

Notice to Members:  Electronic Balloting

Only designated member representatives have been authorized to access the electronic balloting system; if you have questions about the electronic balloting system, please contact your organization’s designated member representative.  Please note that voting passwords have changed so that web site access can be shared with multiple contacts within each member organization, while restricting access to the voting system to the member’s designated representative

In addition, please forward any comments you want to submit with your ballot to votingcomments@qualityforum.org, using the comment submission form, by Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 6:00 pm EDT.