What is the purpose of the National Quality Forum's Preferred Practices and Performance Measures for Measuring and Reporting Care Coordination? 
The National Quality Forum's Preferred Practices and Performance Measures for Measuring and Reporting Care Coordination is designed to provide a set of criteria to evaluate and measure the coordination of patient care across different settings and providers. The criteria focuses on five key elements, including patient and family engagement, communication and coordination of care, quality improvement, data collection, and data sharing. This set of criteria is used to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of care coordination and provide a basis for quality improvement initiatives.  