This measure captures the proportion of ischemic stroke patients who are prescribed a statin medication at hospital discharge.
This measure is a part of a set of eight nationally implemented measures that address stroke care (STK-1: Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis, STK-2: Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy, STK-3: Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter, STK-4: Thrombolytic Therapy, STK-5: Antithrombotic Therapy By End of Hospital Day 2, STK-8: Stroke Education, and STK-10: Assessed for Rehabilitation) that are used in The Joint Commission’s hospital accreditation and Disease-Specific Care certification programs. STK-6, Discharged on Statin Medication, is one of six of the measures in this set that have been reengineered as eCQMs and are included in the EHR Incentive Program and Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program.
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Patients prescribed statin medication at hospital discharge.
Denominator
Patients with a principal diagnosis of ischemic stroke.
Exclusions
Denominator Exclusions:
Patients admitted for elective carotid intervention. This exclusion is implicitly modeled by only including non-elective hospitalizations.
Patients with comfort measures documented.
Patients discharged to another hospital
Patients who left against medical advice
Patients who expired
Patients discharged to home for hospice care
Patients discharged to a health care facility for hospice care
Patients with an LDL-c of less than 70 mg/dL <30 days prior to arrival or any time during the hospital stay
Denominator Exceptions:
Patients with a reason for not prescribing statin medication at discharge.
Measure Record
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