JCAHO Core Measures

What are Core Measures?

• Core measures are tools used to evaluate hospital performance and make comparisons between hospitals.

• A core measure is a specific item that is easily identified and measured.

• A core measure is based on evidence and sets forth a standard for best practice.

• The Joint Commission and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) use core measures to evaluate hospital performance.

• Results of core measure compliance are available to the general public, who may use them to make comparisons between hospitals.

(Joint Commission, 2010; Parkview Health, 2008)

The 10 Joint Commission Core Measures

1. Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
2. Children's Asthma Care (CAC)
3. Heart Failure (HF)
4. Hospital Based Inpatient Psychiatric Services (HBIPS)
   
5. Hospital Outpatient Department Measures
6. Perinatal Care (PC)
   
7. Pneumonia (PN) 
8. Stroke (STK)
9. Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) 
10. Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)

(Joint Commission, 2010)

Parkview Hospital's Core Measures

There are core measures in 6 different areas:
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
Heart Failure (HF)
Pregnancy
Pneumonia (PNA)
Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP)
Children’s Asthma Care

See Parkview Hospital's core measures, here.

(Parkview Health, 2008)

Meeting Core Measures

• Stay informed

• Know your role

• Ask questions

• Teamwork

• Patients first

(Parkview Health, 2008)

Core Measure Comparison

(Parkview Health, 2011)

Hospital Comparison

You can review how well hospitals are meeting core measures and the differences in different hospitals' quality of care at the following link:
www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/

(United States Department of Health and Human Services, 2011)