Member Principles

NQF is primarily an organization of organizations. Membership in the NQF is voluntary. A decision to become a member of the NQF is an individual’s or organization’s affirmation of commitment to and acknowledgement of the Forum’s value as a means to:

• Improve the quality of healthcare
• Improve the methods by which healthcare quality is measured and reported
• Improve the public’s capacity to evaluate healthcare on the basis of quality
• Improve the ability of individual consumers and purchasers to make healthcare choices based upon information about quality