National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Clinicians—Additional Performance Measures 2008 

Interest in using performance measures to assess the quality of healthcare in the United States has increased greatly over the past decade. Performance measurement, public reporting, and payment incentives are commonplace for various facilities, including hospitals and nursing homes, as well as for individual clinicians. Measurement at the clinician level is being addressed on numerous fronts. The basic tools for all of these efforts are evidence-based performance measures that are important, scientifically sound, feasible, and usable. To date, NQF has endorsed 141 consensus standards that focus on the clinician practice for a wide variety of conditions. This report presents 67 additional performance measures, including 3 measure pairs, and additional specifications for 3 currently endorsed measures in the areas of cancer care, infectious disease, perioperative care, and licensed independent practitioners. The purpose of these consensus standards is to improve the quality of healthcare—through accountability and public reporting—by standardizing quality measurement in all care settings.