Objective

The Hospital Quality Initiative uses a variety of tools to stimulate and support a significant improvement in the quality of hospital care. The initiative aims to refine and standardize hospital data, data transmission, and performance measures in order to construct one robust, prioritized and standard quality measure set for hospitals. The goal is for all private and public purchasers, oversight and accrediting entities, and payers and providers of hospital care to use these same measures in their national public reporting activities. Quality Improvement support, collaborations, standardization and assuring compliance with our conditions of participation are important additional tools in achieving this objective.