Henry Ford Physician Appointed to National Committee Studying Ambulatory Care Standards
Detroit - Kathleen L. Yaremchuk, M.D., chair of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital, has been appointed to serve as a member of the National Quality Forum's Steering Committee for a project seeking to identify top ambulatory care practices using electronic clinical data.
The project will study quality measures for ambulatory care based on administrative data, enriched by laboratory and pharmacy data and other electronic clinical data.
The goal of the NQF project is to provide additional tools for purchasers, health plans, consumers, clinicians and other stakeholders working to create more feasible approaches to ongoing performance measurement and quality improvement. Funding for this project has been provided by Aetna Foundation, United Health Foundation, Cigna Foundation, Wellpoint Foundation and the Pacific Business Group on Health.
Dr. Yaremchuk is a national expert in quality and managed care. She is a surveyor for the National Committee for Quality Assurance of Health Care Organizations and sits on its Review Oversight Committee. She has led Henry Ford Medical Group in national and regional pay-for-performance initiatives and organized HFMG's efforts in HMO contracting and performance management. She also pioneered the HFHS vendor policy, which has been adopted by many organizations nationally.
In her surgical specialty, Dr. Yaremchuk has achieved subspecialty certification in Sleep Medicine and has been awarded leadership roles in national professional societies and journal editorial boards.
The NQF is a not-for-profit membership organization created to develop and implement a national strategy for health care quality measurement and reporting. A shared sense of urgency about the impact of health care quality on patient outcomes, workforce productivity, and health care costs prompted leaders in the public and private sectors to create the NQF as a mechanism to bring about national change. To learn more, visit www.qualityforum.org.
