Patient safety experts want progress on quality measure alignment
10/03/24 at 03:00 AM
Patient safety experts want progress on quality measure alignment
Modern Healthcare; by Mari Devereaux; 9/30/24
Patient safety leaders say standardization is needed to prevent overlapping, conflicting reporting requirements that don’t improve health outcomes. Some are hopeful the industry could see progress in the next few years. Until then, overburdened providers are choosing to report on a handful of quality measures they decide are the most important.
Publisher's note: Thinking of Joanne Lynn's efforts to standardize publicly available quality measures at the turn of the century - we'll get there!