From the National Quality Forum:
The National Quality Forum (NQF) Board of Directors has endorsed 12 measures that assess coordination of care – an essential ingredient in efforts to improve care quality and safety. The measures touch on such critical areas of concern as reconciling patients’ medications, establishing advance care plans, and the timely availability of medical records (to other caregivers and patients themselves) when patients are discharged from hospitals and other in-patient facilities.
Endorsed Measures:
- 0097: Medication Reconciliation (NCQA)
- 0171: Acute care hospitalization (risk-adjusted) (CMS)
- 0173: Emergency Department Use without Hospitalization (CMS)
- 0326: Advance Care Plan (NCQA)
- 0494: Medical Home System Survey (NCQA)
- 0526: Timely Initiation of Care (CMS)
- 0553: Care for Older Adults – Medication Review (NCQA)
- 0554: Medication Reconciliation Post-Discharge (NCQA)
- 0646: Reconciled Medication List Received by Discharged Patients (Discharges from an Inpatient Facility to Home/Self Care or Any Other Site of Care) (AMA-PCPI)
- 0647: Transition Record with Specified Elements Received by Discharged Patients (Discharges from an Inpatient Facility to Home/Self Care or Any Other Site of Care) (AMA-PCPI)
- 0648: Timely Transmission of Transition Record (Discharges from an Inpatient Facility to Home/Self Care or Any Other Site of Care) (AMA-PCPI)
- 0649: Transition Record with Specified Elements Received by Discharged Patients (Emergency Department Discharges to Ambulatory Care [Home/Self Care] or Home Health Care) (AMA-PCPI)
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