is as important as the HHS National Quality Strategy because the Secretary and HHS are required by statute in the ACA to work with a public-private consensus building organization in the identification and implementation of quality measurement - the National Quality Forum. As many of you know, NQF's National Priority Partnership included palliative and end of life care as one of its 6 most actionable priorities that if scaled up soon could have substantial and measurable beneficial impact on quality of health care in the United States.
In July of 2009, the NQF established a measure gap prioritization committee to identify areas of greatest import for measure development. This is required as a provision of the ACA and a great deal of money, time, and effort is directed atWATERVILLE — Mayor Nick Isgro posted the names and pictures of several circulators of a petition to oust him from office on his personal Facebook page over the weekend, raising questions about outside involvement in the recall effort as critics pointed to the posts as examples of intimidation.

The posts include screenshots of the Facebook pages or petition paperwork from six signature gatherers from Portland and other places around the state with commentary such as, “Hello Mr. Signature Gatherer #5, I’m honored you came from so far away on my behalf!”

It’s the latest instance of the mayor calling into question the integrity of the petition, which was started last month after outrage over a tweet Isgro made on his personal Twitter account telling the survivor of a Florida school