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Federal funding through AHRQ will no longer be available to support the NQMC as of that date. For additional information, read our full announcement.
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HHS Measures Inventory

A repository of measures separate from NQMC that are in use or in development by the agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for quality measurement, improvement, and reporting. Visit the HHS Measures Inventory

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June 04, 2018

Measure Summaries

  • New Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Outpatient Quality Measure on Outpatient Surgery

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June 04, 2018

G-I-N Conference

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The Guidelines International Network (G-I-N) 2018 Conference will take place from September 11-14, 2018 in Manchester. The theme is "Why We Do What We Do: The Purpose and Impact of Guidelines." Registration is open External Web Site Policy. For more information, visit the G-I-N Conference Web site External Web Site Policy.

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NQMC supports AHRQ's mission to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable by providing objective, detailed information on quality measures, and to further their dissemination, implementation, and use in order to inform health care decisions.