Date of Publication:
NOV 2012
Associated Project:
Critical Paths: Care CoordinationAbstract
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has identified care coordination and transitions as high priority domains for which quality measurement built into electronic systems will be required. In the Critical Paths for Creating Data Platforms: Care Coordination project, NQF assessed the readiness of existing health IT data infrastructure to support quality measurement of care planning during transitions of care, as well as provide recommendations for advancing such infrastructure.