The Joint Commission & National Quality Forum Enter Strategic Affiliation

The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum (NQF) entered a strategic affiliation in which NQF will join the Joint Commission enterprise, but will maintain its independence in convening and developing consensus-based measures, implementation guidance, and practices that benefit all stakeholders. This will allow both The Joint Commission and NQF to build upon their shared expertise in measuring quality and rationalizing the measurement landscape, so the focus shifts from competing measures to advancing key outcomes. Notably, NQF will continue to focus on accelerating widespread use of high-impact, low burden measures that achieve affordable improvements in health for all.

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