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 research a particular initiative or strategy and analyze its effectiveness on Quality and Patient Safety Initiatives.

topic: national committee for quality assurance (NCQA)

• What organization or group is driving this initiative?
• What types of quality and safety issues does this strategy address?
• Who is the intended audience? What groups or types of organizations are targeted?
• How is quality or patient safety defined and measured? (e.g., productivity, efficiency, effectiveness)
• What data are collected to assess the outcomes? By whom? How is it assessed?
• What are the results of this initiative thus far?
• What steps or improvements could be taken to make this initiative more effective?

• Identify the initiative in the first line.
• Describe the initiative and summarize your analysis of it, as indicated above.
• Explain how quality or patient safety is measured and/or controlled with this initiative.