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Rheumatoid Arthritis: Patient-Reported Functional Status Assessment

CBE ID
2524e
Endorsement Status
1.0 New or Maintenance
1.1 Measure Structure
Previous Endorsement Cycle
Is Under Review
No
1.6 Measure Description

Percentage of patients 18 years and older with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis for whom a functional status assessment was performed at least once during the measurement period.

    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

      Number of patients with functional status assessment documented once during the measurement period. Functional status can be assessed using one of a number of valid and reliable instruments available from the medical literature.

      1.15 Denominator

      Patients age 18 and older with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis seen for two or more face-to-face encounters for RA with the same clinician during the measurement period.

      Exclusions

      N/A

      Most Recent Endorsement Activity
      Endorsed Musculoskeletal Endorsement Maintenance Project
      Initial Endorsement
      Last Updated
      Steward Organization
      American College of Rheumatology
      Steward POC email
      RMYSLINSKI@RHEUMATOLOGY.ORG
      Steward Organization Copyright

      Copyright (c) 2013, American College of Rheumatology

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