Performance Measurement Initiatives
October 09, 2009

National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures- Perinatal Care Core Measure Set

 

Last Updated 10/2009

 

Background

UPDATE September 2009: 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 deliveries
  • Cesarean sections
  • 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 2010A, contains the PC measure set specifications.  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.