NQF endorses HCAHPS patient perception survey

摘要

The National Quality Forum (NQF), a private, not-for-profit, public benefit corporation in Washington, DC, established in 1999 to standardize health care quality measurement and reporting, has endorsed HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Plans), a 27-item survey designed and developed over the past three years by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).