This measure assesses the proportion of all newborn infants who did not complete a hearing screen prior to discharge, who went on to receive an outpatient screen before the child was 31 days of age.
*Numbering within the parentheses references the US national extension quality measure identifiers developed for the Use Cases published in the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Quality, Research and Public Health (QRPH) EHDI Technical Framework Supplement available at www.ihe.net/Technical_Framework/index.cfm#quality
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1.5 Measure Type1.7 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)1.8 Level Of Analysis1.9 Care Setting1.20 Testing Data Sources
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1.14 Numerator
Numerator contains the number of infants born at a given facility during the time window with no documented hearing screening performed prior to patient discharge and who have been screened for hearing loss as an outpatient by 30 days of age.
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1.15 Denominator
Denominator contains the number of infants born at a given facility during the time window with no documented hearing screening performed prior to patient discharge.
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Exclusions
Patient deceased before the child was 31 days of age, parental refusal, or not performed due to medical exclusion.
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Most Recent Endorsement ActivityMeasure Retired and Endorsement Removed National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Child Health Quality Measures 2010Initial EndorsementLast UpdatedRemoval Date
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Steward Organization Email
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Risk Adjustment
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6.1.2 Current or Planned Use(s)6.1.3 Current Use(s)
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