Study Results from University of Rochester Broaden Understanding of General Surgery (National Quality Forum Guidelines for Evaluating the Scientific Acceptability of Risk-adjusted Clinical Outcome Measures a Report From the National Quality …)

2021 JAN 22 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx Medical Devices Daily -- Current study results on Surgery - General Surgery have been published. According to news reporting originating from Rochester, New York, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Quality measurement is at the heart of efforts to achieve high-quality surgical and medical care at a lower cost. Without accurate quality measures, it is not possible to appropriately align incentives with quality.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Rochester, “The aim of these National Quality Forum (NQF) guidelines is to provide measure developers and other stakeholders with guidance on the standards used by the NQF to evaluate the scientific acceptability of performance measures. Using a methodologically rigorous and transparent process for evaluating health care quality measures is the best insurance that alternative payment plans will truly reward and promote higher quality care. Performance measures need to be credible in order for physicians and hospitals to willingly partner with payers in efforts to improve population outcomes.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Our goal in creating this position paper is to promote the transparency of NQF evaluations, improve the quality of performance measurements, and engage surgeons and all other stakeholders to work together to advance the science of performance measurement.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: National Quality Forum Guidelines for Evaluating the Scientific Acceptability of Risk-adjusted Clinical Outcome Measures a Report From the National Quality Forum Scientific Methods Panel. Annals of Surgery, 2020;271(6):1048-1055. Annals of Surgery can be contacted at: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer) - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; Annals of Surgery - http://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/pages/default.aspx)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Laurent G. Glance, University of Rochester, Dept. of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Rochester, NY 14627, United States. Additional authors for this research include Karen Joynt Maddox, Karen Johnson, David Nerenz, David Cella, Bijan Borah, Joseph Kunisch, Paul Kurlansky, Jennifer Perloff, Michael Stoto, Ronald Walters, Susan White and Zhenquiu Lin.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000003592. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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