title: New HEDIS areas include population health, service.
abstract: The National Committee for Quality Assurance hopes new measures will help close existing gaps. More vulnerable patients may have been underserved in past. Measures help ascertain adherence to best practices.
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000592:standards*; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States