National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Ambulatory Care: An Initial Physician-Focused Performance Measure Set

Foreword by Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, MBA

Paperback, 213 pages
May 2006

Abstract

More than a billion visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments take place each year. However, although ambulatory (outpatient) care embraces a wide range of health conditions, services, and care settings—and is the primary site in the United States where patients receive care—there are few agreed upon quality measures specifically aimed at measuring the performance of outpatient care providers. This report details 42 NQF-endorsed consensus standards for ambulatory care, representing an initial set of ambulatory care voluntary consensus standards, conducted under "Phase 2" of NQF's ambulatory care work; it also contains specifications for the "Phase 3, Cycle 1" standards endorsed in May 2006. Access the specifications along with the endorsed definition and framework for measuring care coordination. Members can visit the ambulatory care project page for the latest on this multi-year, multi-phase project.

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