Quality Improvement
The Leapfrog Group
The Leapfrog Group is an employer-based coalition advocating for improved transparency, quality, and safety in hospitals. Leapfrog works with its employer members to encourage transparency and easy access to health care information as well as rewards for hospitals that have a proven record of high quality care.
We are the Regional Leader of the Hospital and Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey and are proud to work with our members to promote transparency in quality measures.
National Quality Forum
The National Quality Forum (NQF) is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan, membership-based organization that works to catalyze improvements in healthcare. Quality Institute President and CEO, Linda Schwimmer, serves on NQF’s board and is Chair of the Consensus Standards Approval Committee, which is responsible for the endorsement of quality measures.