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Hospitalized Patients Who Die an Expected Death with an ICD that Has Been Deactivated

CBE ID
1625
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
      1.14 Numerator

      Patients from the denominator who have their ICDs deactivated prior to death or have documentation of why this was not done

      1.15 Denominator

      Patients who died an expected death who have an ICD in place

      Exclusions

      None

      Most Recent Endorsement Activity
      Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Palliative Care and End-of-Life Project 2015-2016
      Initial Endorsement
      Last Updated
      Removal Date
      Steward Organization
      RAND Corporation
      Steward POC email
      roth@rand.org
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