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** Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission: [http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=6043 National Hospital Quality Measures]
** Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission: [http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=6043 National Hospital Quality Measures]
** National Committee for Quality Assurance: [http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/browse/DisplayOrganization.aspx?org_id=8 HEDIS]
** National Committee for Quality Assurance: [http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/browse/DisplayOrganization.aspx?org_id=8 HEDIS]
==External links==
* Lloyd, Robert M.; Carey, Raymond G. (1995).  [http://books.google.com/books?id=J3eotrgx_4gC Measuring quality improvement in healthcare: a guide to statistical process control applications]. White Plains, N.Y: Quality Resources. ISBN 0-527-76293-8.

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Health care quality assurance is "activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps."[1]

Creating quality measures

Creating quality measures from clinical practice guidelines can be problematic.[2]

Measuring quality

Chart abstraction may underestimate quality.[3]

Improving quality

More experience, as measured by volume of care, is associated with better quality of care.[4]

Public reporting of quality measures

A systematic review found that "publicly releasing performance data stimulates quality improvement activity at the hospital level. The effect of public reporting on effectiveness, safety, and patient-centeredness remains uncertain".[5]

References

  1. Anonymous (2024), Health care quality assurance (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. Walter LC, Davidowitz NP, Heineken PA, Covinsky KE (2004). "Pitfalls of converting practice guidelines into quality measures: lessons learned from a VA performance measure". JAMA 291 (20): 2466–70. DOI:10.1001/jama.291.20.2466. PMID 15161897. Research Blogging.
  3. How well does chart abstraction measure quality? A...[Am J Med. 2000 - PubMed Result]. Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
  4. Lin HC, Xirasagar S, Lin HC, Hwang YT (2008). "Does physicians' case volume impact inpatient care costs for pneumonia cases?". J Gen Intern Med 23 (3): 304-9. DOI:10.1007/s11606-007-0462-3. PMID 18043982. Research Blogging.
  5. Fung CH, Lim YW, Mattke S, Damberg C, Shekelle PG (2008). "Systematic review: the evidence that publishing patient care performance data improves quality of care". Ann. Intern. Med. 148 (2): 111–23. PMID 18195336[e]

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External links

  1. Iglehart JK (1996). "The National Committee for Quality Assurance". N. Engl. J. Med. 335 (13): 995-9. PMID 8786789[e]