NQF Member comments due May 14, 2008 by 6:00 pm, ET
Public comments due May 7, 2008 by 6:00 pm, ET
This project seeks to achieve voluntary consensus on performance measures of immunizations for influenza and pneumococcal disease across healthcare settings in the United States. The goal is to identify a global measure or small set of aligned measures that are based on the same performance expectations. A total of 27 measures were considered for this project.
The Steering Committee assisted NQF staff in evaluating the candidate measures against the NQF-endorsed TM measure evaluation criteria of importance, scientific acceptability, usability, and feasibility, as well as standard measure specifications identified by the Committee to achieve harmonization. The detailed measure evaluations and meeting summaries for the Steering Committees are available for Member review only.
Currently, two measures are recommended as voluntary consensus standards. At the time of writing the draft report, the Committee was awaiting additional responses from measure developers who requested more time to respond to the conditional recommendations of aligning with the standard specifications; additional measures may be recommended for final voting.
Pursuant to the CDP, this draft document, along with the accompanying material, is being provided for purposes of review and comment only—not voting. You may post your comments and view the comments of others using the navigation menu at left.
NQF will post and take into consideration only those comments received by the above deadline(s). NQF reserves the right to identify and remove any objectionable content. NQF is not responsible for the views and opinions expressed in posted comments.
Download a PDF of National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Influenza and
Pneumococcal Immunizations and view the Timeline for Consideration of the Measures
NQF Member comments must be submitted no later than Wednesday May 14, 6:00 pm, ET.
Supporting documents may be submitted by email to kpace@qualityforum.org with the subject line – “Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunizations”.