Perinatal Care Core Measures added for Joint Commission accredited hospitals
Accreditation Connection, November 23, 2009
Joint Commission accredited hospitals will now be able to report on a set of perinatal care core measures to meet Joint Commission accreditation requirements, according to an announcement on its official Web site. Replacing the existing pregnancy and related conditions measure set, data collection for the perinatal care measure set will begin in April 2010.
Any hospital that voluntarily chooses to use this set of measures will collect and report data on the following five measures:
- Elective Delivery
- Cesarean Section
- Use of Antenatal Steroids
- Health Care-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Newborns
- Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding
The National Quality Forum endorses these measures and they represent the three domains of care: assessment/screening, prematurity care, and infant feeding. Perinatal care measures will be part of 10 measure sets available for selection in The Joint Commission's ORYX performance measurement initiative.
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