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What's New this Week

• New Expert Commentary: Importance of Patient-Reported Outcomes for Quality Improvement By: Darren A. DeWalt, MD, MPH and Dennis A. Revicki, PhD
  
  
• New Measures: New Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) Oral Health Indicators. Go to "What's New this Week" to view the measure summaries.
  
  
• Enhanced NQMC Template of Measure Attributes -- The following 3 fields have been added to provide additional information about the measure development process:
  • Funding Source(s)
  • Composition of the Group that Developed the Measure
  • Financial Disclosures/Other Potential Conflicts of Interest

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• New AACVPR/ACC/AHA Cardiac Rehabilitation Measures. Look for these measures in NQMC in the near future!

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• New National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization End Result Outcome Measures.

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• Presentations from the AHRQ 2008 Annual Conference are available at the AHRQ Quality Indicators Web site.

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