Recommendations for Health Care Quality Measures
On behalf of the Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Community Measurement held a public forum on Thursday, January 15, regarding its recommendations on quality measures for public reporting purposes in Minnesota and to solicit input from stakeholders. The recommendations are a subset of the quality measures identified in the Quality Measures Inventory Report.
The preliminary recommendations were available for review and public comment.
Quality measures - preliminary recommendations (PDF: 118KB/9 pages)
Quality Measures - specifications for ambulatory care (PDF: 2MB/133 pages)
Quality Measures - AHRQ quality indicators for hospital care (PDF: 1.2MB/23 pages)
Agenda
Presenters:
- Jim Chase, MN Community Measurement
- Katie Burns, Minnesota Department of Health
- Mark Sonneborn, Minnesota Hospital Association
I. Introduction of Presenters (5 minutes) - Jim Chase
II. Background: Quality Measurement in Minnesota (10 minutes) - Jim Chase
III. Background: 2008 State Health Care Reforms (10 minutes) - Katie Burns
IV. Criteria and Preliminary Recommendations, Ambulatory Care Measures (20 minutes) - Jim Chase
V. Criteria and Preliminary Recommendations, Hospital Care Measures (20 minutes) - Mark Sonneborn
VI. Next Public Reporting Advisory Committee Meeting on February 11, 2009 (5 minutes) - Jim Chase
VII. Public Input Into Final Recommendations - All
Presentations
MHA Presentation: Hospital Quality Measures (PDF: 217KB/19 pages)
