NQF Measures

The CCSC has formed a task force to coordinate a response to the National Quality Forum’s (NQF) call to review existing performance measures and recommend new measures to improve ICU quality.

ACCP Representatives

Janet R. Maurer, MD, FCCP

James M. O’Brien, MD, FCCP

ATS Representatives

Jeremy Kahn, MD

Robert C. Hyzy, MD, FCCP

SCCM Representatives

Teresa A. Rincon, RN, CCRN, BSN

William A. Brock, FCCM, MD

AACN Representatives

Cindy L. Munro, RN, ANP, PhD

Mary Lou Sole, RN, CCNS, FAAN

Staff Lead

Joyce Bruno Reitzner, MBA, MIPH
Director, Health-Care Practice, Informatics, and Research
American College of Chest Physicians

The NQF has established a process for consensus standards maintenance and endorsement. As part of its mandate from HHS, NQF has developed a cyclical review process for its more than 600 current measures; this process includes a component to identify gaps for new measures that would meaningfully reduce cost and improve care. According to NQF, this endorsement cycle started in May 2010, but early reviews did not directly involve the CCSC patient population. Read the response to the NQF here.