NQF is a voluntary consensus standards-setting organization. Any party may request reconsideration of the endorsement recommendations, in whole or in part, by notifying NQF in writing via our web-based form no later than February 24th. For an appeal to be considered, the notification must include information clearly demonstrating that the appellant has interests that are directly and materially affected by the NQF-endorsed recommendations and that the NQF decision has had (or will have) an adverse effect on those interests.

Mental Health Outcome Measures

Depression remission at six months (Minnesota Community Measurement)Depression remission at 12 months (Minnesota Community Measurement)Depression utilization of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) tool(Minnesota Community Measurement)Inpatient Consumer Survey (ICS) (National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Institute, Inc.)

The National Quality Forum (NQF) operates under a three-part mission to improve the quality of American healthcare by:

Building consensus on national priorities and goals for performance improvement and working in partnership to achieve them; Endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; andPromoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs.

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