National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Organization URL(s)
www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/
Other Contact Information
Center for Outcomes and Evidence
540 Gaither Road, 6th Floor
Rockville,
MD 20850
301-427-1364 (Voice)
Description
NQMC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) , U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is a database and Web site for information on specific evidence-based health care quality measures and measure sets. NQMC is sponsored by AHRQ to promote widespread access to quality measures by the health care community and other interested individuals.
The NQMC mission is to provide practitioners, health care providers, health plans, integrated delivery systems, purchasers and others an accessible mechanism for obtaining detailed information on quality measures, and to further their dissemination, implementation, and use in order to inform health care decisions. NQMC builds on AHRQ's previous initiatives in quality measurement, including the Computerized Needs-Oriented Quality Measurement Evaluation System (CONQUEST), the Expansion of Quality of Care Measures (Q-SPAN) project, the Quality Measurement Network (QMNet) project, and the Performance Measures Inventory (PMI).
Print Resources
Weekly e-newsletter available from NQMC
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