National Quality Forum Endorses Four Behavioral Health Measures

National Quality Forum recently endorsed four behavioral health quality measures. The measures address maximum hours of physical restraint use or seclusion, and separately address timeliness of follow-up after an emergency department visit for an alcohol or other drug abuse or dependence, and timeliness of follow-up after an emergency department visit for mental illness or intentional self-harm. The latter two measures had previously been a single measure.

The endorsed measures are:

0640 HBIPS-2 Hours of Physical Restraint Use: This process measure for facilities was recommended for continued endorsement. It refers to the total number of hours that . . .