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Technical Advisory Conference Call on
"NQF Endorsed Nursing Sensitive Measures"
(Proposed for 2010 CMS reporting)
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
2:00 - 3:00 PM Eastern
Dial-in: 1-800-351-4872
Passcode: 13848
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Quality Leaders and Directors of Nursing
This call will provide you with a brief background on the nursing measures, the current pilot testing being conducted by the Joint Commission (JC) and a NAPH hospital's experience in the JC pilot testing project. In 2004, NQF endorsed a set of 15 nursing –sensitive consensus standards that address patient-centered outcome measures, nursing-centered intervention measures and system-centered measures. Three of these (Smoking cessation counseling for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia) are included in the CMS Core Measures, which are publicly reported on Hospital Compare www.hospitalcompare.org. CMS has proposed to include four more in the FY 2010 quality measurement set for reporting. The speakers on this call have had extensive experience in the process of NQA endorsement, pilot testing and implementation of the measures in a NAPH hospital. We believe that they will provide you with information about using the nursing measures in your hospital.
Sandra L. Fly, RN, BS, CPHQ, PSO
Director of Quality/Risk Services and Patient Safety Officer
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
Ellen T. Kurtzman, MPH, RN
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Nursing Education
George Washington University
Karen Pace, PhD, RN
Senior Program Director
National Quality Forum
Sharon L. Sprenger, RHIA, CPHQ, MPA
Senior Advisor Measurement Outreach, Division of Quality Measurement and Research
Joint Commission
Susan Yendro, RN, BSN
Associate Project Director, Center for Performance Measurement, Department of Quality Measurement, Division of Quality Measurement and Research
Joint Commission
Questions
Contact: Melissa Kanuck