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Hospice and Palliative Care -- Pain Assessment

CBE ID
1637
Endorsement Status
1.0 New or Maintenance
1.1 Measure Structure
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Is Under Review
No
1.6 Measure Description

This quality measure is defined as:
Percentage of hospice or palliative care patients who screened positive for pain and who received a clinical assessment of pain within 24 hours of screening.

    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 who received a comprehensive clinical assessment to determine the severity, etiology and impact of their pain within 24 hours of screening positive for pain.

      1.15 Denominator

      Patients enrolled in hospice OR receiving specialty palliative care in an acute hospital setting who report pain when pain screening is done on the admission evaluation / initial encounter.

      Exclusions

      Patients with length of stay < 1 day in palliative care. Patients who screen negative for pain are excluded from the denominator.

      Most Recent Endorsement Activity
      Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed Geriatric and Palliative Care Fall 2021
      Initial Endorsement
      Last Updated
      Removal Date
      Steward Organization
      University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
      Steward POC email
      lhanson@med.unc.edu
                Use
                Planned Use
                6.1.2 Current or Planned Use(s)
                Use In Federal Program
                  Public Comments