QUALITY OF CARE MEASURES FOR CARDIOVASCULAR PATIENTS

描述：此应用程序建议使用各种数据源来 开发、实施和评估一套心血管性能 各种健康计划的措施。 它将专注于发展 用于一组相互关联的心血管状况的措施（即，急性 心肌梗塞、充血性心力衰竭和高血压）。 的 项目分两个阶段进行。 第一阶段将是一个发展和试点 测试的措施。 目标是制定和实施方法 1）验证措施; 2）评估其效用/重要性， 计划，消费者和雇主; 3）确定收集成本， 健康计划的实施;以及4）建立报告机制 将措施的结果通报给有关机构的机制 parties. 数据将在三个健康计划中收集和报告， 此期间 在第一阶段结束时，将对数据进行分析， 结合1）消费者对所产生信息的调查，以及 2)一个由消费者、雇主和计划代表组成的修改后的德尔菲， 确定在第二阶段实施中应采用哪些措施。

Description: This application proposes to use various data sources to develop, implement, and evaluate a set of cardiovascular performance measures across a variety of health plans. It would focus on developing measures for a group of interrelated cardiovascular conditions (i.e., acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and hypertension). The project consists of two phases. Phase I will be a development and pilot test of the measures. The goals are to develop and implement methodologies for 1) validating the measures; 2) assessing their utility/importance to plans, consumers, and employers; 3) determining the cost of collection and implementation to the health plans; and 4) establishing a reporting mechanism for communicating the results of the measures to the relevant parties. Data will be collected and reported in three health plans during this period. At the end of phase I, the data will be analyzed in conjunction with 1) surveys from consumers of the information produce, and 2) a modified Delphi with consumers, employers, and plan representatives to determine which measures should be used in the phase II implementation.