Transcription of Maternity Care Performance Measurement Set
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American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists National Committee for Quality Assurance Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement Maternity care Performance Measurement Set PCPI Approved: March 27th, 2012 Table of Contents Background Page Maternity care Work Group Member List 4 Purpose of Measurement Set 5-6 Maternity care Outcomes 6 Intended Audience, care Setting, and Patient Population 6 Importance of Topic 6-8 Retired Measures 8 Maternity care Work Group Recommendations 9 Clinical Evidence Base 10 Measure Harmonization 10 Other Potential Measures 10 Technical Specifications Overview 11 Measure Exceptions Overview 11-12 Background on Testing and Implementation of the Measurement Set 12 Diagram Linking Processes to Outcomes 13 Prenatal Measures Measure #1: Establishment of Gestational Age 15-16 Measure #2: Prenata
The Maternity Care Work Group recognized a significant gap in measures addressing critical patient-centric outcomes for women: decreasing induction of labor, cesarean sections, and adverse events during childbirth. Currently, there are limited data for monitoring the quality of care for women of reproductive age.
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