Government funds national framework pilot for performance measurement
Executive Briefings Digest, April 4, 2006
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The Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance (AQA) plans to launch a pilot program in six U.S. regions to measure physician performance in ambulatory care and, ultimately, provide a national framework for performance measurement and public reporting.
The AQA, which now includes nearly 125 member organizations, has selected the following pilot sites and organizations:
- California Cooperative Healthcare Reporting Initiative
- Indiana Health Information Exchange
- Massachusetts Health Quality Partners
- Minnesota Community Measurement
- Phoenix Regional Healthcare Value Measurement Initiative
- Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will fund the pilot. The pilot test will analyze a range of approaches to gathering and reporting data about physicians. Click here for more information.
Source: Electronic Health Records Briefing
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