BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:834a984494eea85700ddb74b2fbc04e755 CATEGORIES:Education SUMMARY:Quality Forum Webinar DESCRIPTION:
PQA Quality Forum Webinar: What Makes a Good Measure? p>
What is a quality measure? How do different people – payers, purchaser
s, providers, patients, and researchers – use quality measures? Where does
measurement fit into healthcare quality improvement? Karen Johnson, a senio
r director at the National Quality Forum, will answer all of these measure
sciences questions – and more! This one-hour crash course in measurement wi
ll help everyone understand the foundation of healthcare quality. After att
ending this Quality Forum Webinar, participants will be able to:
1. De
scribe the National Quality Forum and its role in healthcare quality
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. Be able to define basic measurement concepts
3. Understand how measu
rement improves healthcare quality and creates healthier populations
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. Understand how and why stakeholders use performance measures differently<
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