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National Quality Forum (NQF) is a United States–based non-profit membership organization that promotes patient protections and healthcare quality through measurement and public reporting. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was established in 1999 based on recommendations by the President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care ...
The impact of evidence-based practice in nursing and the next big ideas. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 8(2), 4. (open access) Stevens, K. R. (2011). National Institute of Nursing Research has widened the Flue Highway of translation research [Letter]. Research & Theory for Nursing Practice: An International Journal. 25(3), 157–159.
The Key National Indicators System is to feature a website allowing free public access to a database of key national indicators. Selection of issue areas to be included in the system and measures to be used for the key indicators will be the responsibility of NAS through a multi-sector, multi-disciplinary process.
The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is a widely used set of performance measures in the managed care industry, developed and maintained by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). HEDIS was designed to allow consumers to compare health plan performance to other plans and to national or regional benchmarks.
MDS information is transmitted electronically by nursing homes to the MDS database in their respective states. MDS information from the state databases is captured into the national MDS database at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Sections of MDS (Minimum Data Set): Identification Information; Hearing, Speech and Vision
An Annotated Bibliography database where users can search for citations for publications and resources about guidelines, including guideline development and methodology, structure, evaluation, and implementation.
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AHCPR was reauthorized December 6, 1999, as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) under the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999, [2] which amended Title IX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299 et seq).