Company Overview
The National Quality Forum (NQF) operates under a three-part mission to improve the quality of American healthcare:
  • Setting national priorities and goals for performance improvement;
  • Endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and
  • Promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs. NQF’s vision is:
  • To be the convener of key public and private sector leaders to establish national priorities and goals to achieve healthcare that is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable;
  • That NQF-endorsed standards will be the primary standards used to measure and report on the quality and efficiency of healthcare in the United States; and
  • To be a major driving force for and facilitator of continuous quality improvement of American healthcare quality. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NQF's membership includes a wide variety of healthcare stakeholders, including consumer organizations, public and private purchasers, physicians, nurses, hospitals, accrediting and certifying bodies, supporting industries, and healthcare research and quality improvement organizations. The breadth and diversity of its membership allows NQF to be well positioned to maintain a constant drumbeat for healthcare quality. NQF’s unique structure enables private- and public-sector stakeholders to work together to craft and implement cross-cutting solutions to drive continuous quality improvement in the American healthcare system.
  • Company Summary
    Name
    National Quality Forum
    Number of Employees
    51-200
    Phone
    (202) 783-1300
    Location
    1030 15th Street Northwest
    #800
    Washington, DC
    20005