Win Implementing Quality Measures For Accountability In Community-Based Care For People With Serious Illness: Proceedings Of A Workshop Developed By National Academies Of Sciences, Engineering, And Medicine Digital Copy

of Americans of all ages face the challenge of living with serious illnesses such as advanced cancer, heart, or lung disease, Many people with serious illness are increasingly cared for in community settings, While the number of communitybased programs to provide care for those with serious illness has grown significantly, the quality of care provided is not consistent across geographic locations or care settings.
Care for the serious illness population often features gaps in coordination across sites of care and poor patient and family perceptions as to the quality of care provided.


In an effort to better understand and facilitate discussions about the challenges and opportunities related to identifying and implementing quality measures for accountability purposes in communitybased serious illness care, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a public workshop on April,, in Washington, DC.
Workshop participants explored the current state of quality measurement for people with serious illness, their families, and caregivers, with the aim of identifying next steps toward effectively implementing measures to drive

improvement in the quality of communitybased care for those facing serious illness.
This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop, .