• Expert Commentary

Clinician Responses to Using Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Quality Improvement

By: Maria B. Boyce, John P. Browne, PhD

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010064
  • 2015 Feb
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Patient experiences of psychiatric care: percent of patients who responded positively to the "Outcome of Care" domain on the Inpatient Consumer Survey (ICS).

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Institute, Inc.

  • Expert Commentary

Quality Measures: Patient-Reported Outcomes for Quality Improvement of Clinical Practice

By: Kathleen N. Lohr, PhD

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010554
  • 2015 Oct

The Medicare Health Outcomes Survey-Modified: percentage of members whose health status was "better than expected," "the same as expected" or "worse than expected" at the end of a two-year period.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Expert Commentary

Steps for Assuring Rigor and Adequate Patient Representation When Using Patient-reported Outcome Performance Measures

By: Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, Albert Wu, MD, MPH, Carol M. Moinpour, PhD, Maria-Jose Santana, PhD, Andrea Pusic, MD, Claire Snyder, PhD, Hwee-Lin Wee, PhD, Jose M. Valderas, MD, PhD, MPH, Bryce B. Reeve, PhD

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010553
  • 2015 Oct

The Medicare Health Outcomes Survey: percentage of members whose health status was "better than expected," "the same as expected" or "worse than expected" at the end of a two-year period.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Expert Commentary

Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Quality of Care and Outcomes for Lupus

By: Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH

  • Expert Commentary

Pay for Performance in UK General Practice – The Ambiguous Impact of the Quality and Outcomes Framework

By: Stephen J. Gillam, MD FRCP FRCGP

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010425
  • 2015 Aug
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Eye care: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of uncomplicated cataract who had cataract surgery and no significant ocular conditions impacting the visual outcome of surgery and had best-corrected visual acuity of 20/40 or better (distance or near) achieved within 90 days following the cataract surgery.

American Academy of Ophthalmology; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Expert Commentary

Importance of Patient-Reported Outcomes for Quality Improvement

By: Darren A. DeWalt, MD, MPH and Dennis A. Revicki, PhD

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011025
  • 2015 Jan

Symptom control during chemotherapy: percentage of chemotherapy patients 18 years of age and older for whom a symptom severity assessment was completed during days 5 to 15 of the chemotherapy cycle using the specified patient‐reported outcome tool.

MN Community Measurement

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009357
  • 2013 Nov

Assessment and management of chronic pain: percentage of patients diagnosed with chronic pain with functional outcome goals documented in the medical record.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:002632
  • 2006 Jun
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Lumbar functional status: mean change score in lumbar functional status for patients with lumbar impairments receiving physical rehabilitation.

Focus On Therapeutic Outcomes, Inc.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:001873
  • 2005 Jun
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Knee functional status: mean change score in knee functional status of patients with knee impairments receiving physical rehabilitation.

Focus On Therapeutic Outcomes, Inc.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:002633
  • 2006 Jun
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Shoulder functional status: mean change score in shoulder functional status with shoulder impairments receiving physical rehabilitation.

Focus On Therapeutic Outcomes, Inc.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:001874
  • 2005 Jun
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Foot/ankle functional status: mean change score in foot/ankle functional status of patients with foot/ankle impairments receiving physical rehabilitation.

Focus On Therapeutic Outcomes, Inc.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:001872
  • 2005 Jun
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Hip functional status: mean change score in hip functional status of patients with hip impairments receiving physical rehabilitation.

Focus On Therapeutic Outcomes, Inc.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:000022
  • 2003 Sep
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

General orthopedic impairment functional health status: mean change score in physical functional health status of patients receiving physical rehabilitation.

Focus On Therapeutic Outcomes, Inc.

  • Expert Commentary

Envisioning the Next Generation of Performance Measures for Ambulatory Care

By: Stephen D. Persell, MD, MPH

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:004942
  • 2008 Feb

Post-acute care functional status: mean change score in applied cognitive function of patients in a post-acute care setting as assessed using the "Applied Cognition" domain of the Activity Measure for Post-acute Care (AM-PAC).

Boston University Health & Disability Research Institute