Participating organizations are assessed using defined sets of quality measures and receive insights into how their performance compares with peers, supporting improvement, and shared learning across healthcare systems. Unlike traditional certification models that emphasize process compliance, outcomes‑driven certification is designed to:
The median is the middle number in a sorted ascending or descending list. It can be more descriptive of the dataset than the average. It’s quite different from the mean.
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For over 14 years, NQF led the endorsement and maintenance of quality performance measures for CMS. This experience led us to the understanding that the most important work happens through stakeholder engagement and measure innovation before endorsement, and during implementation after it. Today, NQF is dedicated to forging multi-stakeholder consensus on measurement standards and practices ...
NQF® rapidly implements next-generation measures and methods to improve patient safety, outcomes and affordability while reducing measurement burdens. Our work addresses critical issues like unaligned competing measures, costly data capture and reporting, and the need for a next generation of outcomes-focused measures and measure sets reflecting the results that patients and clinicians say ...
Our Artificial Intelligence in Quality Measures Initiative develops guidance for the development, selection, and implementation of quality measures incorporating AI methods for use in accreditation, pay-for-performance, public reporting, value-based payment, and other accountability purposes.
Our present and past reports reflect our belief that measures alone are insufficient to create the care we need. Quality improvements happen when diverse stakeholders come together, have an equal voice, build holistic solutions, and commit to implementing them.