NQF releases reports to promote health equity

The National Quality Forum released three new reports seeking to reduce disparities through measures of health equity, reduce burden through digital measurement and reduce fragmentation through voluntary alignment of measurement processes across payers. Voluntary adoption of health equity measures across public and private payers could provide actionable information for clinicians to improve care and for people to choose clinicians. “Identifying measures that assess disparities in health care is a critical step in making necessary, evidence-based changes to achieve a more equitable health system,” said Michelle Schreiber, MD, deputy director for quality and value, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (NQF news release, 2/2/23)