Celebrating its 10 year anniversary today at its meeting in the nation’s capital, the AMA-convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI) highlighted its achievements to date and took a proactive look at future efforts to measure and improve the quality of patient care.
“Since its inception, the PCPI has focused on developing patient-focused clinical performance measures that physicians can use to improve patient care,” said AMA Board Chair-elect and PCPI Executive Committee member Ardis Hoven, M.D. “Through the PCPI, physicians and other health care providers are at the forefront of developing evidence-based clinical measures of quality care. The work and dedication of the last 10 years has paid dividends, with 270 measures across 42 clinical areas already created and broad recognition that the PCPI is a leader in the field of quality measure development.”
At this important milestone, the PCPI has set an ambitious course forward to ensure that quality measures created by and for the profession are used to improve both the quality and cost of care. To help physicians implement the measures in their practice, the PCPI is working to incorporate measures into electronic health records and performance improvement programs. Additionally, the PCPI continues to test its measures and the National Quality Forum has endorsed many PCPI measures.