On Tuesday, September 16, 2008 NQF Member primary contacts were sent voting instructions for the draft report National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Hospital Care: Outcomes and Efficiency.
Voting closes Wednesday, October 15, 6:00 pm,
ET – no exceptions
All voting is by electronic submission only
The voting
draft document, including a cover memo, the redlined report, measure
specifications, commentary, and references, is
available for review.
The voting draft has been revised based on the comments received during the review
period and consultation with the Steering Committee.
Access the comments received and actions taken.
Access the modeling methodology.
Access the Steering Committee's meeting summaries
Access the Steering Committe's measure evaluations
Access the timeline for consideration.
Access a sample ballot (for Member internal use only). No hard copy ballots will be accepted or counted.
This project is being conducted under NQF’s Consensus Development Process v 1.8.
NQF endorsed two hospital readmission measures as part of a project to identify and endorse measures suitable for both public accountability and quality improvement related to outcomes and efficiency of hospital care. The two endorsed measures aim to assess 30-day readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction and pneumonia. Any party may request reconsideration of the recommendations by notifying NQF in writing via e-mail no later than November 26.
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.
In addition, please forward any comments you want to submit with your ballot to votingcomments@qualityforum.org (with subject “Hospital Care: Outcomes and Efficiency”) by Wednesday, October 15, 6:00 pm, ET. Please note that "Approval If Comment Incorporated" votes will be counted as "Disapprove" votes if accompanying comments are not submitted.
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