Reprint—AACVPR/ACCF/AHA 2010 Update: Performance Measures on Cardiac Rehabilitation for Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Services A Report of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Clinical Performance Measures for Cardiac Rehabilitation)

• Published in: Physical therapy Vol. 90; no. 10; pp. 1373 - 1382
• Main Authors: Thomas, Randal J, King, Marjorie, Lui, Karen, Oldridge, Neil, Piña, Ileana L, Spertus, John, Masoudi, Frederick A, DeLong, Elizabeth, Erwin, 3rd, John P, Goff, Jr, David C, Grady, Kathleen, Green, Lee A, Heidenreich, Paul A, Jenkins, Kathy J, Loth, Ann R, Peterson, Eric D, Shahian, David M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Physical Therapy Association 01-10-2010; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Committees; Hospitals; Performance evaluation; Rehabilitation; Studies
• ISSN: 0031-9023; 1538-6724

The methodology guiding the translation of guideline recommendations into process measures has been explicitly delineated by the ACCF/AHA, providing guidance to the writing committees.10 Although they possess several strengths, processes of care are limited as the sole measures of quality. [...]current ACCF/AHA performance measures writing committees are instructed to consider measures of structures of care, outcomes, and ef- ficiency as complements to process measures. [...]it is within the scope of the writing committee's task to comment, when appropriate, on the strengths and limitations of such external reporting for a particular CVD state or patient population. [...]the metrics contained within this document are categorized as either performance measures or test measures.