Evaluation of the use of performance measures in health care /

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The National Quality Forum (NQF), a private, nonprofit membership organization committed to improving health care quality performance measurement and reporting, was awarded a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a portfolio of quality and efficiency measu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Damberg, Cheryl L. (Autor), Sorbero, Melony E. S. (Autor), Lovejoy, Susan L. (Autor), Lauderdale, Katharine E. (Autor), Wertheimer, Samuel (Autor), Smith, Amber (Autor), Waxman, Daniel (Autor), Schnyer, Christopher (Autor)
Autores Corporativos: RAND Health, Rand Corporation
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2011.
Temas:
Medical care > Utilization review > United States.
Medical care.
Delivery of Health Care
Efficiency, Organizational
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Quality of Health Care
Patient Care
Soins médicaux > Utilisation > Évaluation > États-Unis.
Prestation de soins.
Soins médicaux.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Decision-Making & Problem Solving.
Medical care
Medical care > Utilization review
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The National Quality Forum (NQF), a private, nonprofit membership organization committed to improving health care quality performance measurement and reporting, was awarded a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a portfolio of quality and efficiency measures. The portfolio of measures would allow the federal government to examine how and whether health care spending is achieving the best results for patients and taxpayers. As part of the scope of work under the HHS contract, NQF was required to conduct an independent evaluation of the uses of NQF-endorsed measures for the purposes of accountability (e.g., public reporting, payment, accreditation, certification) and quality improvement. In September 2010, NQF entered into a contract with the RAND Corporation for RAND to serve as the independent evaluator. This report presents the results of the evaluation study. It describes how performance measures are being used by a wide array of organizations and the types of measures being used for different purposes, summarizes key barriers and facilitators to the use of measures, and identifies opportunities for easing the use of performance measures moving forward.
Notas:"RAND Health."
Title from title screen (viewed on December 9, 2011).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (46 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780833079381
0833079387

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