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Cultural Competency Implementation Measure

CBE ID
1919
1.4 Project
Person and Family-Centered Care
Endorsement Status
Endorsement Removed
1.1 New or Maintenance
Maintenance
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Full Year 2016
Is Under Review
No
1.3 Measure Description

The Cultural Competence Implementation Measure is an organizational survey designed to assist healthcare organizations in identifying the degree to which they are providing culturally competent care and addressing the needs of diverse populations, as well as their adherence to 12 of the 45 NQF-endorsed® cultural competency practices prioritized for the survey. The target audience for this survey includes healthcare organizations across a range of health care settings, including hospitals, health plans, community clinics, and dialysis organizations. Information from the survey can be used for quality improvement, provide information that can help health care organizations establish benchmarks and assess how they compare in relation to peer organizations, and for public reporting.

    • 1.14 Numerator

      The target audience for this survey includes health care organizations across a range of health care settings, including hospitals, health plans, community clinics, and dialysis organizations. The focus of the measure is the degree to which health care organizations have adopted or implemented 12 of the 45 NQF-endorsed cultural competency preferred practices.

    • 1.15 Denominator

      As mentioned above, the survey can be used to measure adherence to 12 of the 45-NQF endorsed cultural competence preferred practices. The survey could be used to focus on a particular type of health care organization, or more broadly to collect information across various organization types.

    • Exclusions

      Not applicable. The current version of the survey is designed to work across health care settings and different types of health care organization in terms of population served, size, and location.

    • Most Recent Endorsement Activity
      Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Person and Family-Centered Care Project 2016-2017
      Initial Endorsement
      Last Updated
      Removal Date
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