Designing and implementing guidelines-based performance measures. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

The Quality Agenda, a regular feature of The Quality Letter, offers practical models and information that leaders of healthcare organizations can adapt and use. This month, we present a model for designing and implementing guidelines-based performance measures developed by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. For a complete description of the model, readers will want to refer to Using Clinical Practice Guidelines to Evaluate Quality of Care, Volumes 1 and 2. AHCPR publication numbers 95-0045 (Volume 1) and 95-0046 (Volume 2), March 1995. To order a copy of the publications, call 800/358-9295.

Published by The Quality letter for healthcare leaders, 1995. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.

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