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You have accessed the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (NQMC™).

NQMC, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a public repository for evidence-based quality measures and measure sets. To learn more about the key components of this site and other user-friendly features, visit About NQMC.

NQMC News

New AMA and ICSI measures. Go to "What's New this Week" to view the measure summaries.

Look for the updated Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Inpatient Quality Indicators in NQMC in the near future!

The Specification Manual for National Hospital Quality Measures was recently submitted to NQMC. This is an aligned manual that represents the result of efforts by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations to achieve identity among common national hospital performance measures and to share a single set of common documentation. Look for these summaries in NQMC in the near future!

NQMC Enhancement

NQMC now identifies on the "What's New This Week" page and in the "What's New this Week" E-mail, measures that have been withdrawn from the NQMC Web site. Go to "What's New This Week."