The indicators are designed to be used as a set to provide a more complete picture of care than is possible when using indicators in isolation. Assess progress in achieving improvement goals.Develop action plans to drive improvements in care quality and outcomes.Incorporating indicators into state oral health quality measurement and surveillance plans for reporting over time will help states A combination of indicators is necessary to show how well MCH systems are providing access to care, delivering evidence-based care, and improving population health. This set of standardized indicators has been identified through expert consensus processes as being both feasible and meaningful for measuring and improving the quality of care in MCH programs. Lack of consistent and standardized measurement is a barrier to achieving systemwide improvements in care and outcomes. To date, oral health care quality indicators for the MCH population have been spread across different programs and data sources and inconsistently reported. They aim to detect how well current systems are working, allow for comparisons between entities that promote shared learning, enable assessments of improvement over time, and improve transparency. Quality indicators are foundational to quality improvement in health care.

System indicators of quality