NQF Endorses Consensus Standards to Reduce Waste and Promote Safe and Effective Use of Imaging ... (le or in part bynotifying NQF in writing...)

NQF Endorses Consensus Standards to Reduce Waste and Promote Safe and Effective Use of Imaging Procedures

Date:10/30/2008

le or in part, by notifying NQF in writing via email no later than November 28 (appeals@qualityforum.org). For an appeal to be considered, the notification email must include information clearly demonstrating that the appellant has interests that are directly and materially affected by the NQF-endorsed recommendations and that the NQF decision has had (or will have) an adverse effect on those interests.

Funding

This work was conducted under a contract from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

MEASURES ENDORSED BY NQF

Please visit our website at http://www.qualityforum.org to read the full specifications for all of the new NQF-endorsed voluntary consensus standards and read NQF's research recommendations.

The mission of the National Quality Forum is to improve the quality of American healthcare by setting national priorities and goals for performance improvement, endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance, and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs. NQF, a non-profit organization (qualityforum.org) with diverse stakeholders across the public and private health sectors, was established in 1999 and is based in Washington, DC.

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