Quality improvement in dementia care

Abstract

The Dementia Management Quality Measurement Set was first developed and released in 2013 by the PCPI Foundation(1) (formerly the American Medical Association [AMA]-convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement [PCPI]). Developed by an appointed multistakeholder technical expert panel (TEP), the 2013 Measurement Set was supported by staff from AMA, American Academy of Neurology Institute (AANI), American Psychiatric Association (APA), American Medical Directors Association, and American Geriatric Society. Several of the original measures were included into the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Physician Quality Reporting System after being finalized through the federal rulemaking process (table 1).