About
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).
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NQMC/NGC Editorial Board
The NQMC/NGC Editorial Board is composed of health care professionals with collective expertise in quality measures and clinical practice guidelines.
NQMC/NGC Expert Panel
The NQMC/NGC Expert Panel is composed of health care professionals with collective expertise in evidence-based health, clinical practice guidelines, quality measurement and reporting, health care policy and administration, and health informatics.
Credits
The NQMC Web site and its content were developed and are maintained by
ECRI Institute (formerly ECRI) under contract to
AHRQ . ECRI Institute is an international nonprofit health services research agency, Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization (WHO), an AHRQ designated Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC), and a federally designated Patient Safety Organization (PSO). View this page for a complete list of acknowledgments.
Disclaimer Statement
NQMC is a Web site intended to make evidence-based quality measures, related summaries, and companion materials widely available to health care professionals. View this page for the entire NQMC Disclaimer Statement.
Measure Summaries
NQMC provides structured, standardized summaries containing information about measures and their development, using the NQMC Template of Measure Attributes.
Domain Framework and Inclusion Criteria
NQMC is a database of measures meeting specific criteria for inclusion. Measures must meet the NQMC inclusion criteria and address some aspect of health care delivery or population health that can be classified into one of the domains described in the Domain Framework.
Glossary
The NQMC Glossary provides clarifying definitions and examples of terms used to describe common properties of health care measures used in the NQMC structured summaries.
Classification Scheme
NQMC uses controlled vocabulary concepts to classify various measure attributes represented in the NQMC measure summary and to facilitate searching and information retrieval.
Content Development
NQMC uses a range of methods to identify and collect measures for consideration against the inclusion criteria.
Naming Measures
NQMC has developed naming conventions for each domain of measurement represented on the Web site to ensure consistency and accuracy across measures.
Measure Hierarchy
NQMC captures information that enables users to view groups of measures within their organizational context.
