A consensus document by the American Medical Association (AMA), the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) establishes a single standard for evaluating the management of diabetes in adults in multiple settings. The document coordinates measurement sets used by physicians, health care plans, hospitals and other health care organizations. The diabetes care measures will be tested in a demonstration project designed with the Maine Medical Assessment Foundation (MMAF). The three health groups plan to release similar performance measures for evaluating cardiovascular disease care, neonatal care and pregnancy outcomes. “The diabetes measures are the first in what we expect to be a series of collaborative measurement sets on clinically important topics. We also see this model as an excellent example of the evidence-based approach advocated by the National Quality Forum,” said AMA Executive Vice President E. Ratcliffe Anderson, Jr., M.D. Former AAFP President Neil Brooks, M.D., Vernon, Conn., represented the AAFP on the physician consortium that developed the measures.

A consensus document by the American Medical Association (AMA), the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) establishes a single standard for evaluating the management of diabetes in adults in multiple settings. The document coordinates measurement sets used by physicians, health care plans, hospitals and other health care organizations. The diabetes care measures will be tested in a demonstration project designed with the Maine Medical Assessment Foundation (MMAF). The three health groups plan to release similar performance measures for evaluating cardiovascular disease care, neonatal care and pregnancy outcomes. “The diabetes measures are the first in what we expect to be a series of collaborative measurement sets on clinically important topics. We also see this model as an excellent example of the evidence-based approach advocated by the National Quality Forum,” said AMA Executive Vice President E. Ratcliffe Anderson, Jr., M.D. Former AAFP President Neil Brooks, M.D., Vernon, Conn., represented the AAFP on the physician consortium that developed the measures.