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National Quality Forum

The National Quality Forum (NQF) was created in 1999 by a coalition of public- and private-sector leaders in response to the recommendation of the Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry. In its final report, published in 1998, the commission concluded that an organization like NQF was needed to promote and ensure patient protections and healthcare quality through measurement and public reporting. Today, NQF receives funding from both public and private sources, including grants from foundations, corporations, and the federal government. NQF operates under a three-part mission to improve the quality of American healthcare by:

1.) Building consensus on national priorities and goals for performance improvement and working in partnership to achieve them;

2.) Endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and

3.) Promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs.

National Quality Forum

1030 15th St, NW Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005

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Quality Positioning System

Quality Positioning System

Need an easy way to find and track NQF-endorsed® measures? The Quality Positioning System (QPS) is a user-friendly, Web-based tool for accessing all NQF-endorsed measures. Designed based on ideas from users about how to better meet their needs, QPS includes functions to help you achieve your measurement and reporting goals. Search for measures by condition, data source, and other topics, and track updates to measures over time. Create or view portfolios (customized lists of measures) to share measurement interests, learn about others’ efforts, and identify measures that satisfy various national reporting and incentive programs.

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Measuring Disparities and Cultural Competency

Measuring Disparities and Cultural Competency

NQF recently endorsed 12 quality measures focused on health care disparities and culturally competent care for racial and ethnic minority populations. These measures are the first endorsed by NQF that specifically address these issues, and include two measures–providing language services from a qualified medical interpreter, and screening for each patient’s preferred spoken language–developed and field tested through RWJF initiatives. NQF has also screened more than 500 of its 700+ endorsed measures for disparities sensitivity. A new portfolio of disparities-sensitive measures is available in NQF’s QPS.

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National Priorities Partnership

National Priorities Partnership

The National Priorities Partnership (NPP) offers consultative support to the Department of Health and Human Services on setting national priorities and goals for the HHS National Quality Strategy. The NPP is a partnership of 51 major national organizations with a shared vision to achieve better health, and a safe, equitable, and value-driven healthcare system. By working together with a common purpose and coordinated plan, this vision is quickly becoming a reality.

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Community Tool to Align Measurement

Community Tool to Align Measurement

NQF's Community Tool to Align Measurement), developed in collaboration with the 16 Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) community alliances, supports decisions to align measurement and public reporting. States, communities, and others can use the Alignment Tool to help align efforts within and across regions, with the National Quality Strategy, as well as with national programs that involve reporting requirements or payment incentives.

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