Background
UPDATE January 2010: In late 2007, The Joint Commission’s Board of Commissioners recommended retiring and replacing the Pregnancy and Related Conditions (PR) measure set with an expanded set of evidenced-based measures. A technical advisory panel (TAP) comprising experts in the perinatal care field was convened in February 2009 to select the replacement set of measures from among those endorsed for national use by the National Quality Forum. This expanded measure set, now referred to as Perinatal Care (PC) comprises the following measures.
- Elective delivery
- Cesarean section
- Antenatal steroids
- Health care–associated bloodstream infections in newborns
- Exclusive breast milk feeding
Refinement of measure specifications has been completed. The Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Core Measures Version 2010A2 and the January Release Notes are now available. The PC measure set is now available for selection for hospitals beginning with April 1, 2010 discharges. If you have any questions about this measure set, please submit your question online.
Specifications Manuals for Joint Commission National Quality Core Measures
The Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Core Measures Version 2010A1
Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Core Measures Version 2010A (October 2009)