Quality Health Care

Six substantive position papers are being written including: Measuring Episode of Care Outcomes, Measuring Care Coordination; Measuring the Economic Value of Nursing; Measuring Nurses' Workload; Measuring Patient Engagement; and, Harmonizing Performance Measures - Implications for Practice, Education and Research. The Academy endorsed the formation and goals of the Nursing Alliance for Quality Care (NAQC) as one strategic element to transform care recognizing that nurses are at the front lines of care delivery and, increasingly, help to design, implement and evaluate the care systems and related outcomes. Fellow Gerri Lamb, PhD, RN, FAAN, was named Vice Chair of NAQC.

Policy & News:

• Nursing Outlook Article: Performance measurement - A strategic imperative and a call to action; An overview of forthcoming papers from the American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel on Quality
• Press Release (February 24, 2010): Fellow Represents Academy on Board of New Nursing Initiative Funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Publications:

• Nursing Outlook: Action brief: Patient engagement and activation: A health reform imperative and improvement opportunity for nursing (Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 51-54, January 2013)
• Nursing Outlook: Performance measurement—A strategic imperative and a call to action (Volume 59, Issue 6 , Pages 336-338, November 2011)

Experts:

• Quality Health Care Expert Panel