Joint Commission NQF align safety event reporting to reduce redundancy and ease administrative burden for healthcare providers by 2027.

Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum (NQF) today announced they are aligning Joint Commission's Sentinel Events (SE) List and NQF's recently updated Serious Reportable Events (SRE) List, ...

The National Quality Forum announced its board of directors has endorsed 12 patient safety measures focused on complications. As part of its patient safety endorsement project, NQF evaluated 21 ...

The National Quality Forum will release a web-based tool for finding and exploring ways to use NQF-endorsed quality measures next week, according to an NQF release. The Quality Positioning System ...

As the United States progresses toward improving health and healthcare while lowering cost, the need for standardized, evidence-based measures becomes all the more important. PLAINSBORO, N.J.—As the ...

The National Quality Forum has created a new page on its website devoted to patient safety, according to an NQF release. The page was created in response to the Department of Health and Human Services ...

During Corrigan's tenure, the NQF expanded its role into other areas, including within the federal government, said Dr. William Roper, NQF board chairman, in a news release. For instance, in January ...

The National Quality Forum has endorsed 21 measures to be used in caring for long-term residents and short-term patients at nursing homes. These measures will be used in the Centers for Medicare and ...

The National Quality Forum (NQF) has launched its Quality Positioning System Version 1.0. This new offering lets providers search for quality measures more quickly, organize measures in portfolios, ...

The National Quality Forum (NQF) rejected an appeal of its decision to endorse the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Management Bundle (or SEP-1) measure for treating sepsis. The NQF originally endorsed ...

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, December 13, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The National Quality Forum (NQF) announced today that Atul Gawande and Toyin Ajayi will be the ...

National Quality Forum (NQF) is proud to announce the diverse panel of experts from across the healthcare community who will participate in the Hospital Quality Star Rating Summit on August 23, 2019 ...