Open Call: ASCO Topic Areas for New Measure Development

Quality Measures
Clinical quality measures are used by clinicians and healthcare organizations to evaluate patient care processes, structures, and outcomes in order to identify areas for improvement. There is an increased demand for the development of robust, evidence-based quality measures that are broadly applicable, meaningful, and patient-centered. Measures can inform stakeholders how the healthcare system is performing, help identify weaknesses, and prioritize opportunities to leverage mechanisms to drive quality improvement.

Measurement science at ASCO includes three distinct but well-integrated areas — measure conceptualization, measure specification development, and measure testing — each of which is essential to producing high-quality measures ready for widespread adoption and implementation.

Submit Concepts for Measure Development
ASCO is currently soliciting topic areas for new measure development through the end of August. Clinical quality measure (CQM) topics should address an important condition or topic with a performance gap (e.g., wide variation in practice) and have strong scientific evidence to support the quality action (e.g., based on a clinical practice guideline recommendation) to demonstrate the measure can lead to the desired outcomes and/or more affordable care.

Please complete this form by Monday, August 31, 2026 to propose a potential topic for measure development. You may also provide additional documentation relevant to the topic submission by emailing [email protected]. Completion of the measure topic submission form is the first step in the evaluation of a measure concept to be considered for future development by the ASCO Measure Development Team. Assistance with completing the form is available by contacting [email protected].

Please note that every submission will be reviewed by ASCO staff prior to being presented to and evaluated by the ASCO Measures Steering Group (MSG), charged with oversight of ASCO measure development activities. MSG will present its final recommendations to the ASCO Joint Certification Committee for approval. While it is not guaranteed that your submission will be prioritized for development, we thank you for taking the time to submit a topic and look forward to reviewing your measure concept(s).

For details, visit the ASCO website.