CBE ID
1625
1.5 Project
Endorsement Status
1.0 New or Maintenance
1.1 Measure Structure
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Is Under Review
No
1.6 Measure Description
Percentage of hospitalized patients who die an expected death from cancer or other terminal illness and who have an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in place at the time of death that was deactivated prior to death or there is documentation why it was not deactivated
Measure Specs
General Information
1.7 Measure Type
1.3 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)
1.8 Level of Analysis
1.9 Care Setting
1.20 Types of Data Sources
Numerator
1.14 Numerator
Patients from the denominator who have their ICDs deactivated prior to death or have documentation of why this was not done
Denominator
1.15 Denominator
Patients who died an expected death who have an ICD in place
Exclusions
Exclusions
None
Measure Record
Most Recent Endorsement Activity
Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Palliative Care and End-of-Life Project 2015-2016
Initial Endorsement
Last Updated
Removal Date
Point of Contact
Steward Organization
RAND Corporation
Steward POC email
roth@rand.org
Importance
Equity
Feasibility
Scientific Acceptability
Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustment
Use & Usability
Use
6.1.2 Current or Planned Use(s)
6.1.3 Current Use(s)
Public Comments