Selecting a QI Project

AAFP Criteria for Performance Measures -- Access the AAFP's criteria for performance measures. The Academy supports health care quality improvement endeavors, including the development and application of performance measures that meet these criteria.

Top 20 Priority Areas for Improvement in Health Care Quality -- Access the Priority Areas for National Action, developed in response the Institute of Medicine’s report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century.
(12-page PDF file; About PDFs)

AMA Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement -- The Consortium currently has 98 Performance Measures on 17 Clinical Topics.

Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance (AQA) Recommended Starter Set -- Published in May 2005, the AQA “starter set” includes 26 measures that are aligned with the IOM’s priority areas.
(3-page PDF file; About PDFs)