JCAHO and CMS to align quality measures: PI efforts will benefit.
Quality measures cover heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical infection prevention. Using common metrics, data definitions will strengthen comparative data efforts. Some are concerned that tracking could affect decisions concerning sicker patients.
D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States