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AHRQ Quality Indicators Validation and the National Quality Forum

AHRQ Quality Indicators Validation and the National Quality Forum. AHRQ 2007 Annual Meeting Bethesda, MD September 27, 2007. NQF Process. NQF Hospital Care Additional Priorities, 2007 Other consensus development processes for DVT or PE, healthcare acquired infections, ambulatory care

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AHRQ Quality Indicators Validation and the National Quality Forum

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  1. AHRQ Quality IndicatorsValidation and the National Quality Forum AHRQ 2007 Annual Meeting Bethesda, MD September 27, 2007

  2. NQF Process • NQF Hospital Care Additional Priorities, 2007 • Other consensus development processes for DVT or PE, healthcare acquired infections, ambulatory care • Review by five technical advisory panels • Patient safety • Pediatric • Surgical and anesthesia • Composite • Reporting template

  3. AHRQ QI Validation • Documentation of evidence • Literature reviews • NQF evaluation criteria • importance, scientific soundness, feasibility, and usability • Development of evidence • Data analysis • Clinical panel reviews • Medical record abstraction • Validation pilot

  4. Validation Pilot • Goals of the validation pilot • Gather evidence on the scientific acceptability of the patient safety indicators • Consolidate the evidence base • Improve guidance on the interpretation and use of the data • Evaluate potential refinements to the specifications

  5. Validation Pilot • Develop medical record abstraction tools • Structured review of potentially preventable adverse events • Guided process for identifying potential opportunities for improvement • Develop mechanisms for conducting validation studies on a routine basis • collaborating with other organizations • data collection and analysis • ongoing evaluation and refinement

  6. Validation Pilot • Become a participant in the validation pilot • Select a sample of cases using your administrative data (e.g. 30-100 cases) • Available abstractors to use the data collection tools to review cases • Participate in a collaborative with other organizations around the country • Types of organizations • Facilitating organizations • collaborating with one or more individual hospital • Hospital systems • representing more than one individual hospital • Individual hospitals

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