AHRQ
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
NCQA
National Committee for Quality Assurance
NQF
National Quality Forum
P4P
Pay-For-Performance
PDQ
Physician Directors of Quality
PDSA
Plan Do Study Act
PQRI
Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
PQRS
Physician Quality Reporting System
PROMIS
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System
QA
Quality Assurance
QAS
Quality Assurance System
QC
Quality Control
QDW
Quality Data Warehouse
QFD
Quality Function Deployment
QMS
Quality Management System
QoE
Quality of Experience
QoS
Quality of Service
QRUR
Quality and Resource Use Report
QVT
Query View Transformations
SCIP
Surgical Care Improvement Project