Troika plans integration of performance measures
Health care organizations have plenty of associations whose standards they have to consider for accreditation and approval. But three of them are hoping to ease the burden — at least in some areas — by coordinating some performance measurement sets.
The American Medical Association, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and the National Committee for Quality Assurance announced in September that they will phase out the Performance Measurement Coordinating Council (PMCC) and work directly together to produce joint performance measurement sets. In most cases, the groups will seek the endorsement of the National Quality Forum for these measurement sets.
The standards focus on human resources planning to define the qualifications, competencies, and adequacy of staffing necessary to fulfill the organization’s mission; providing competent staff; assessing, maintaining, and improving staff competence; and promoting staff self-development and continued learning.The PMCC already has produced Principles for Performance Measurement in Health Care and a common set of Desirable Attributes of Performance Measures. An upcoming publication is the Consensus Statement on Performance Measurement for the Management of Adult Diabetes. With the disbanding of the PMCC, the three partners will continue working on existing projects on cardiovascular disease, pregnancy, and neonatal care, then they will work directly together coming up with new projects.
In other news from JCAHO, the commission brought together some 100 experts in health care last month to discuss ways to improve standards that assess appropriate staffing levels.
Among those participating in the discussions were operations management and union representatives, those with performance measurement or performance improvement expertise, and members from organizations like the American College of Health Care Executives, the American Nurses Association, and the American Organization of Nurse Executives.
Participants discussed different models for assessment, and their feedback will be presented to the JCAHO Oversight Task Force for Accreditation Process Improvement this month. Changes in the accreditation process and/or accreditation standards should take effect next year.
The current standards require accredited health care organizations to identify and provide the right number of competent staff to meet the needs of patients.
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