National Quality Forum (NQF)
Hospitals and Health CareDistrict of Columbia, United States51-200 Employees
The National Quality Forum (NQF) is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan, membership-based organization focused on improving healthcare outcomes, safety, and affordability. It seeks multistakeholder consensus on quality measurement and improvement standards to achieve measurable health improvements, working across voices in the healthcare system. Based in Washington, DC, NQF operates within the hospitals and health care sector and collaborates with partners such as The Joint Commission. The organization emphasizes patient safety and quality initiatives, including updates to frameworks like serious reportable events and the development of practice playbooks and implementation guides for hospital settings. NQF positions itself as a national leader in advancing standardized quality measures and safety initiatives, engaging a broad community to address avoidable harms and promote effective care delivery.