Transparency Standards for Diabetes Performance Measures

摘要

The technical specifications for the measures were developed by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), which branded the set as the NCQA Comprehensive Diabetes Care Measure Set. Subsequent revision of the measure set became the responsibility of the National Diabetes Quality Improvement Alliance, which was a coalition of 13 private and public national organizations dedicated to developing and maintaining a national performance measurement set for diabetes from 2001 through 2006. During this time frame, a number of quality-improvement and public service campaigns to improve glycemic control were established