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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.

Measuring the Impact of Public Health Policy

July 1, 2013 | Journal Article

Effective health policies and allocation of public health resources can substantially improve public health. In this study, the authors review articles published in 2008 surrounding measurement issues for public health policy and present a set of recommendations for future emphasis.

Forces Driving Implementation of the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey

March 26, 2013 | Issue Brief

Forces Driving Implementation of the CAHPS® Clinician & Group Survey is part of a suite of resources on patient experience designed by AF4Q to assist community health collaboratives.

Patient Experience of Care: Inventory of Improvement Resources

June 13, 2013 | Issue Brief

This inventory lists a variety of free resources that are available to support health care organizations in determining what they need to do to improve patient experience and how to implement those improvements.

Achieving the Potential of Health Care Performance Measures

May 21, 2013 | Report

In this issue paper, the authors give an overview of performance measurement in U.S. health care, and then make seven policy recommendations aimed at improving the performance measurement enterprise.

Improving the Reliability of Physician "Report Cards"

March 1, 2013 | Journal Article

The reliability of individual primary care physician profiles was the focus of this study.

A New Way to Measure Corporate Social Responsibility

October 29, 2012 | Program Results Report

B Lab expanded and improved the rating system it uses to certify B corporations, particularly in the areas of health and safety issues. B corporations have charters that require them to conduct business in a socially responsible manner.

Slow Progress on Meeting Hospital Safety Standards

January 1, 2013 | Journal Article

In response to the Institute of Medicine’s To Err Is Human report on the prevalence of medical errors, the Leapfrog Group, an organization that promotes hospital safety and quality, established a voluntary hospital survey assessing compliance with several safety standards.

Designing Effective Healthcare Quality Improvement Training Programs

January 1, 2013 | Journal Article

Nursing leaders reported gains in quality improvement knowledge and the use of quality improvement tools after attending training programs.

How Physicians Perform

September 4, 2012 | Program Results Report

Researchers for the Pacific Business Group on Health worked to develop an evidence-based method to score physicians on the quality of health care they provide and to develop a mechanism by which physicians could correct data on their performance.

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