Quality measures in HCC care by the Practice Metrics Committee of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
Sumeet K AsraniMarwan S GhabrilAlexander KuoRaphael B MerrimanTimothy R MorganNeehar D ParikhNadia OvchinskyFasiha KanwalMichael L VolkChanda HoMarina SerperShivang MehtaVatche G AgopianRoniel CabreraVictoria ChernyakHashem B El-SeragJulie HeimbachGeorge N IoannouDavid KaplanJorge MarreroNeil MehtaAmit G SingalRiad SalemTamar TaddeiAnne WallingElliot B TapperPublished in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (2021)
The AASLD PMC has developed a set of explicit quality measures in HCC care to help bridge the gap between guideline recommendations and measurable processes and outcomes. Measurement and subsequent implementation of these metrics could be a central step in the improvement of patient care and outcomes in this high-risk population.