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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 Feb 3;65(5):e483–e495. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.01.021

Table 1:

Key characteristics of quality measures (23, 137-139)

Characteristic Definition
Importance and relevance

  • Aligned with health system, provider, patient and family, payer, or policy maker priorities

  • Should be in areas where measuring can make a positive impact on care quality
Usability and actionability

  • Should address aspects of care that are improvable by clinicians and by health systems

  • Depending on the purpose, should be usable by providers, researchers, purchasers, policy makers, or consumers (i.e., patients and families)
Feasibility

  • Should be easily integrated into day-to-day clinical practice

  • Should not be burdensome on clinicians or health systems to collect

  • Should not be burdensome for patients and families to provide

  • Should be in areas where data is available or obtainable for measurement
Scientific acceptability

  • Should produce consistent (reliable) and credible (valid) results about care quality