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. 2022 Nov 1;18(11):2673-2680.
doi: 10.5664/jcsm.10244.

Quality measures for the care of adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea: 2022 update after measure maintenance

Robin Lloyd  1 , Timothy I Morgenthaler  1 , Ryan Donald  2 , Diedra D Gray  3 , Daniel Lewin  4 , Amee Revana  5 , Sharon Schutte-Rodin  6 , Lynn Marie Trotti  7
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Quality measures for the care of adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea: 2022 update after measure maintenance

Robin Lloyd et al. J Clin Sleep Med. .

Abstract

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) remains a highly prevalent disorder that can lead to multiple adverse outcomes when undiagnosed and/or when left untreated. There continue to be gaps and variations in the provision of care for the adult patient population with OSA, which emphasizes the importance of the measure maintenance initiative for The Quality Measures for the Care of Adult Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (originally developed in 2015). The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) convened the Quality Measures Task Force in 2018 to review the current medical literature, other existing quality measures focused on the same patient population, and any performance data or data in the medical literature that show gaps or variations in care, to inform potential revisions to the quality measure set. These revised quality measures will be implemented in the AASM Sleep Clinical Data Registry (Sleep CDR) to capture performance data and encourage continuous improvement in outcomes associated with diagnosing and managing OSA in the adult population.

Citation: Lloyd R, Morgenthaler TI, Donald R, et al. Quality measures for the care of adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea: 2022 update after measure maintenance. J Clin Sleep Med. 2022;18(11):2673-2680.

Keywords: OSA; adults; obstructive sleep apnea; quality measures.

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Conflict of interest statement

Ms. Gray is employed by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). Dr. Trotti is a member of the AASM Board of Directors. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1. Revised adult OSA quality measures driver diagram.
OSA = obstructive sleep apnea.
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