Via existing standards for developing and selecting individual measures, NQF collaborated to establish a method of assessing how measures can best work together.

"The first hurdle is knowledge-based: knowing a patient experienced a recent sepsis diagnosis and sepsis hospitalization," says Benjamin A. Zaniello, MD, MPH.

Patient deterioration, which refers to the worsening of a patient’s condition during a hospital stay, has become a growing concern and affects as many as one in six inpatient admissions.

The pandemic also highlighted how technology and communication gaps can jeopardize patient care and staff safety.