CMS-10360 HC Formative Testing Handout 2

Possible Reorganization Around IOM Quality Aims
Quality Aim

Measure
Sets

Safety/Avoiding
Injuries

Effectiveness

PatientCenteredness

Timeliness

Efficiency/
Resource
Use

Surgical Care –
Prevention of
Infections and
Complications

Heart Attack
Care

Survey of
Patients’
Hospital
Experiences

Surgical
Care Timeliness

Use of
Medical
Imaging

Rates of Serious
Complications
and Death

Pneumonia
Care

Heart
Attack
Care –
Timeliness

HospitalAcquired
Conditions

Heart Failure
Care

Pneumonia
Care –
Timeliness

Children’s
Asthma Care
Deaths from
Certain
Conditions
Other Deaths

Equity/
Fairness
CrossHospital
Comparisons
Geographic
Comparisons