News

09/08/2009	ASHP Comments on the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement's Heart Failure Performance Measure Set [PDF]
09/1/2009	QI Success Story! Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Improves Through Teamwork
08/26/2009	ASHP Opposes NQF Categorization of Medication Management Measure [PDF]
07/10/2009	QII WRC: ASHP Urges NQF to Pursue Development of More Robust Outcome Measures for Medication Management [PDF]
07/10/2009	ASHP Opposes NQF Endorsement of Readmission Rate for Heart Failure Measure [PDF]
------------	NCQA Measure on High Risk Medication Use in the Elderly Updated
06/26/2009	State Snapshots from AHRQ Quality Report
05/21/2009	ASHP comments on NQF's National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Hospital Care: Outcomes and Efficiency, Phase II
------------	Learn how pharmacists are applying the Baldrige approach to initiatives in the pursuit of quality and excellence in patient care
05/13/2009	ASHP recommends research priorities to Federal Coordinating Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research to improve the quality of medication
05/11/2009	ASHP comments on NQF's Member Pre-Voting Review for the National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Medication Management
04/21/2009	ASHP comments on NQF™s Pre-voting review for the National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Home Health Care: Additional Performance Measures, 2008 - ADDENDUM
03/26/2009	ASHP submits a letter of support, action plan, and a listing of ASHP resources supporting the National Priorities Partnership Initiative
03/27/2009	ASHP submits recommendations to IOM on priorities for comparative effectiveness research to improve the quality of medication use
03/16/2009	ASHP comments on the PCPI Care Transitions Performance Measure Set
03/02/2009	ASHP Comments on NQF Composite Measures
02/10/2009	ASHP Comments on NQF Episodes of Care Framework
04/02/2009	Pharmacist Leadership Becomes 'Safe Practice 18'
04/02/2009	AHRQ Posts Presentations From Safety, Quality Conference
02/12/2009	Share Innovations and Quality-related Tools
02/12/2009	CMS To 'Retire' Quality Measure From Pay-for-Reporting Program
02/12/2009	No New National Patient Safety Goals in 2010, Joint Commission Says
02/12/2009	Joint Commission Report Shows Improvements In Safety and Quality
02/12/2009	National Priorities Partnership Presents a Set of National Priorities and Goals
02/12/2009	Hospitals, Business Leaders Launch Program to Reduce Infections
04/10/2009	Joint Commission Issues FAQ for 2009 Accreditation Standards --Hospitals --Critical access hospitals --Home care
02/12/2009	Nearly 4% of Medicare Inpatients Have a Hospital-Acquired Condition
------------	New Inventory of HHS Quality Measures Released
------------	CMS Wants to Continue Reporting of 12 Quality Measures
------------	Joint Commission Gets Conditional Approval for CAH Deeming Authority
02/15/2008	AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange for Health Care Professionals
------------	Nine States Selected for the State Quality Improvement Institute
04/08/2008	Pharmacists Can Play Active Role as Hospitals Prepare for CMS Rule Changes
------------	AHRQ Offers Operational Advice on Becoming a High Reliability Organization
------------	The National Quality Forum Releases Report on Healthcare-Associated Infection Data
04/08/2008	ASHP to Joint Commission: Pharmacists' Role in Infection Control Should Be More Visible
03/12/2008	The Joint Commission’s white paper entitled Development of a National Performance Measurement Data Strategy
02/15/2008	How to Make P4P Work
02/15/2008	CMS P4P Research Finds Consistency to be Key
02/15/2008	HHS Wants To Transform Pay for Performance for Hospitals
02/12/2008	Presentation on Medicare Modernization Act (CE)
------------	Measurements the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
------------	National Effort to Measure and Report on Quality and Cost-Effectiveness of Health Care Unveiled
------------	Bringing 'Lean' Principles to Service Industries
------------	Policy Implications of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Access and Quality
10/02/2008	The National Committee for Quality Assurance has issued its 12th annual State of Health Care Quality Report
04/08/2008	National Quality Forum Voted on New Performance Measures
02/15/2008	Positive Results for Medicare P4P Pilot