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Andrew A. Skolnick

JAMA. 1998;279:1769-1770.

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THE NATION'S 3 leading health care accrediting organizations have established a council to ensure more efficient collection of health care performance measurements across all levels of the US health care system.

According to the collaborative agreement between the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and the American Medical Accreditation Program (AMAP), the 15-member Performance Measurement Coordinating Council (PMCC) will work to ensure that procedures to measure health care performance are consistent, efficient, and useful for the many parties that need them to make important decisions about health care.

"Independently, our organizations are working aggressively to develop rigorous performance measurement programs for different levels of the health care system," said NCQA president, Margaret E. O'Kane, MHS. "Working together, we can make performance measurement not only much less burdensome, but also more meaningful to consumers, employers, and health care professionals."

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