National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Ambulatory Care Part I & II

Foreword by Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, MBA
Part I: Paperback, 330 pages
Part II: Paperback, 150 pages
2008

This report, available only in electronic format, can be downloaded for free below.

Abstract

Patients in the United States receive most of their healthcare in ambulatory care settings.  However, there is a lack of agreed-upon quality measures aimed at assessing the performance of ambulatory care providers.   The National Quality Forum’s “Standardizing Ambulatory Care Performance Measures” project was a multiyear endeavor seeking consensus on standardized measures of outpatient care performance and reporting.  Part 1 of this report identifies voluntary consensus standards for a variety of conditions --heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, asthma, prevention, depression, medication management, patient experience with care, and care coordination. Part 2 of the report contains additional work that addresses patient experience with care and special settings of care.  In addition, it includes measures to address healthcare disparities and recommendations for measure implementation.

Part I Member Version of Report

Part I Public Version of Report

Part II Member Version of Report

Part II Public Version of Report

Ambulatory Care Project Page