AMA-Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement

In November 2000, the American Medical Association (AMA) convened the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement® (PCPI). The PCPI is comprised of over 100 national medical specialties and state medical societies; the Council of Medical Specialty Societies; American Board of Medical Specialties and its member-boards; experts in methodology and data collection; the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  As a voting member organization, the AAOS continues to work with other PCPI members to address issues related to measure development, implementation and evaluation, as well as methodology, oversight and planning.

Performance measures developed at the PCPI are evidence-based, valid, and reliable. More than half of the PCPI performance measures are included in the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Program. To date, the PCPI has developed more than 250 individual measures covering 42 clinical topics including osteoarthritis and osteoporosis (see osteoporosis measure set release notes 2009).

Learn more about PCPI activities on the AMA website.

Osteoporosis Measures Testing Project