The National Quality Forum has endorsed 14 quality measures on palliative and end-of-life care.
NQF sought measures focused on care concerns such as managing pain, weight loss and depression. It also sought measures that would directly assess the experience of patients undergoing palliative and end-of-life care, as well as the experience of their families. In all, 22 measures were evaluated, and 14 measures were endorsed:
• 1634: Hospice and Palliative Care- Pain Screening (UNC) (paired with measure 1637)
• 1637: Hospice and Palliative Care – Pain Assessment (UNC) (paired with measure 1634)
• 1617: Patients treated with an Opioid who are given a bowel regimen (RAND)
• 1628: Patients with advanced cancer assessed for pain at outpatient visits (RAND)
• 1638: Hospice and Palliative Care- Dyspnea Treatment (UNC) (paired with measure 1639)
• 1639: Hospice and Palliative Care – Dyspnea Screening (UNC) (paired with measure 1638)
• 1626: Patients admitted to the ICU who have care preferences documented (RAND)
• 1641: Hospice and Palliative Care- Treatment Preferences (UNC)
• 1647: Percentage of hospice patients with documentation in the clinical record of a discussion of spiritual/religious concerns or documentation that the patient/caregiver did not want to discuss (Deyta)
• 0209: Comfortable dying (NHPCO) (maintenance)
• 1625: Hospitalized patients who die an expected death with an ICD that has been deactivated (RAND)
• 0208: Family Evaluation of Hospice Care (NHPCO) (maintenance)
• 1632: CARE- Consumer Assessments and Reports of End of Life (Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research)
• 1623: Bereaved Family Survey (PROMISE Center)
NQF sought measures focused on care concerns such as managing pain, weight loss and depression. It also sought measures that would directly assess the experience of patients undergoing palliative and end-of-life care, as well as the experience of their families. In all, 22 measures were evaluated, and 14 measures were endorsed:
• 1634: Hospice and Palliative Care- Pain Screening (UNC) (paired with measure 1637)
• 1637: Hospice and Palliative Care – Pain Assessment (UNC) (paired with measure 1634)
• 1617: Patients treated with an Opioid who are given a bowel regimen (RAND)
• 1628: Patients with advanced cancer assessed for pain at outpatient visits (RAND)
• 1638: Hospice and Palliative Care- Dyspnea Treatment (UNC) (paired with measure 1639)
• 1639: Hospice and Palliative Care – Dyspnea Screening (UNC) (paired with measure 1638)
• 1626: Patients admitted to the ICU who have care preferences documented (RAND)
• 1641: Hospice and Palliative Care- Treatment Preferences (UNC)
• 1647: Percentage of hospice patients with documentation in the clinical record of a discussion of spiritual/religious concerns or documentation that the patient/caregiver did not want to discuss (Deyta)
• 0209: Comfortable dying (NHPCO) (maintenance)
• 1625: Hospitalized patients who die an expected death with an ICD that has been deactivated (RAND)
• 0208: Family Evaluation of Hospice Care (NHPCO) (maintenance)
• 1632: CARE- Consumer Assessments and Reports of End of Life (Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research)
• 1623: Bereaved Family Survey (PROMISE Center)
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