2012 NQF Report to Congress 

NQF is pleased to announce the release of the 2012 Report to Congress, Changing Healthcare by the Numbers. This report highlights NQF’s work over the last year, emphasizing the broad use of endorsed measures and NQF’s critical role building public/private sector consensus on healthcare improvement strategies.  Work at NQF over the last year includes the completion of 11 endorsement projects, and ongoing reports related to aligning payment and public reporting programs through the Measure Applications Partnership (MAP).  In addition, the 2012 report includes several case studies of NQF endorsed measures in action, and how they have helped contribute to greater accountability and performance as well as increased patient safety.