Quality improvement in neurology: AAN Parkinson disease quality measures: report of the Quality Measurement and Reporting Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Measuring the quality of health care is a fundamental step toward improving health care and is increasingly used in pay-for-performance initiatives and maintenance of certification requirements. Measure development to date has focused on primary care and common conditions such as diabetes; thus, the number of measures that apply to neurologic care is limited. The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) identified the need for neurologists to develop measures of neurologic care and to establish a process to accomplish this.

Objective

To adapt and test the feasibility of a process for independent development by the AAN of measures for neurologic conditions for national measurement programs.

Methods

A process that has been used nationally for measure development w

SUBMITTER: Cheng EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3014235 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature