Performance Measurement

Performance Measurement is the first in a new series of an ongoing effort bythe Institute of Medicine (IOM) to improve health care quality. PerformanceMeasurement offers a comprehensive review of available measures andintroduces a new framework to examine these measures against the sixaims of the health care system: health care should be safe, effective,patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. This new book alsoaddresses the gaps in performance measurement and introduces the needfor measures that are longitudinal, comprehensive, population-based, andpatient-centered. This book is directed toward all concerned with improvingthe quality and performance of the nation's health care system in itsmultiple dimensions and in both the public and private sectors.Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1 Introduction2 Current and Future State of Performance Measurement and Reporting3 Achieving a National System for Performance Measurement and Reporting4 Moving Forward: What Should Be Measured?5 Research AgendaAppendix A Glossary Appendix B National Organizations Involved in Performance MeasurementAppendix C Case StudiesAppendix D Ten Design PrinciplesAppendix E Methodology and Analytic FrameworksAppendix F Commissioned Paper: Improving the Quality of Quality Measurement--John D. Birkmeyer, Eve A. Kerr, and Justin B. DimickAppendix G Starter Set of MeasuresAppendix H Commissioned Paper: Efficiency/Value-Based Measures for Services, Defined Populations, Acute Episodes, and Chronic Conditions--Kyle L. GrazierAppendix I Commissioned Paper: Transitional Care Performance Measurement--Eric A. ColemanAppendix J Commissioned Paper: Palliative Care/End-of-Life Measures--Sydney Dy and Joanne LynnAppendix K Biographical SketchesIndex