On February 25, 2008, NQF Member primary contacts were sent voting instructions for the draft report National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Hospital Care: Additional Priorities – Part 2.
Voting closes Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 6:00 pm ET – no exceptions.
All voting is by electronic submission only.
The voting draft document, including a cover memo, the redlined report, measure specifications, commentary, and references, is available for review.
The voting draft has been revised based on the comments received during the review period and consultation with the Steering Committees.
Access information regarding use of APR-DRGs in 8 of the AHRQ measures -- AHRQ QI examples. Also, go to www.aprdrgassign.com and enter UserID - NQFUser; Password - aprdrg201 for access to the 3M website that provides opportunity to work with methodology. Additional information on APR-DRG is available by contacting Marybeth Farquhar at AHRQ, 301-427-1317 or marybeth.farquhar@ahrq.hhs.gov
Access a sample ballot (for Member internal use only). No hard copy ballots will be accepted or counted.
This project is being conducted under NQF’s Consensus Development Process v 1.8.
Only designated member representatives have been authorized to access the electronic balloting system; if you have questions about the electronic balloting system, please contact your organization’s designated member representative.
Member Representatives: Click Here to Access Online Balloting (requires unique ID and password provided by NQF).
In addition, please forward any comments you want to submit with your ballot to votingcomments@qualityforum.org, using the comment submission form, by Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 6:00 pm, ET.