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NQF receives grant for ambulatory care project
Ambulatory Surgery Reimbursement Update, May 10, 2005
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has received a $2.5 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The money will be used to support the NQF's ambulatory care project, with a goal of creating national voluntary consensus standards for ambulatory care, according to a press release.
The ambulatory care project began last April with an RWJF-funded workshop. Out of the workshop came 10 areas for which standardized performance measures should be sought.
This past April the NQF released a draft report outlining 50 standards for seven of the areas: asthma/respiratory conditions; depression/behavioral health; bone diseases; heart disease; hypertension; prenatal care; and prevention, immunization, and screening, as discussed in the April 26, 2005 edition of Ambulatory Surgery Regulatory Update.
"The ability of consumers to make reasonable and informed choices about their healthcare will be significantly enhanced by the availability of NQF-endorsed consensus standards," said Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH, President and CEO of NQF, according to the press release. "We are grateful to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for recognizing and sustaining our work in this area."
To view the April draft report, click here (Adobe Acrobat required).
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