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|  |  National Quality Forum Hospital Performance Measures: Additional Priority Areas Available for Review and CommentPR Newswire July 18, 2005 WASHINGTON, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Quality Forum (NQF) today announced the availability of a draft consensus report, "National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Hospital Performance Measures: Additional Priority Areas, 2005," for pre-voting review. The draft and additional information on NQF can be found on the NQF web site, http://www.qualityforum.org. Comments from the public are due by close of business, August 5, 2005, and from NQF members are due by close of business, August 12, 2005. The draft names four measures proposed for endorsement as voluntary consensus standards, representing outcome mortality measures and process measures addressing coordination of care for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia. To date, the NQF has endorsed 65 voluntary consensus standards for measuring the performance of acute care hospitals. These began with 39 measures in 8 priority areas -- acute coronary syndrome; heart failure; patient safety; pediatric conditions; pneumonia; pregnancy/childbirth/neonatal conditions; smoking cessation; and surgical complications. Subsequent consensus projects added 15 nursing-sensitive standards and 21 standards for cardiac surgery. (Ten measures were endorsed in more than one project.) Despite this growing list of endorsed measures, many critical aspects of hospital care are not addressed. In December 2004, NQF initiated a project at the request of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to achieve consensus on additional voluntary consensus standards for measuring the performance of the nation's general acute care hospitals, leading to this draft report. The draft is currently being reviewed by the more than 260 NQF member organizations, which include consumer groups, purchasers, payers, healthcare providers, and government agencies. Following review by NQF members and the general public, NQF members will vote on whether to forward the measures and recommendations to the NQF Board of Directors for its endorsement as voluntary consensus standards. The NQF is a voluntary consensus standard-setting organization. It is a private, not-for-profit, public benefit corporation established in 1999 to standardize healthcare quality measurement and reporting. Established as a unique public-private partnership, the NQF has broad participation from all sectors of the healthcare industry. Visit the NQF on the web at http://www.qualityforum.org.
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