The percentage of individuals 25 to 64 years of age with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder who were prescribed any antipsychotic medication and who received a cardiovascular health screening during the measurement year.

The proportion of patients, age greater than and equal to 1 year, admitted to a hospital-based inpatient psychiatric setting who are screened within the first three days of hospitalization for all of the following: risk of violence to self or others, substance use, psychological trauma history and patient strengths.

The Cultural Competence Implementation Measure is an organizational survey designed to assist healthcare organizations in identifying the degree to which they are providing culturally competent care and addressing the needs of diverse populations, as well as their adherence to 12 of the 45 NQF-endorsed® cultural competency practices prioritized for the survey. The target audience for this survey includes healthcare organizations across a range of health care settings, including hospitals, health plans, community clinics, and dialysis organizations.

The Medical Home System Survey (MHSS) assesses the degree to which an individual primary-care practice or provider has in place the structures and processes of an evidence-based Patient Centered Medical Home. The survey is composed of six composites. Each measure is used to assess a particular domain of the patient-centered medical home.

Composite 1: Patient-Centered Access
Composite 2: Team-Based Care
Composite 3: Population Health Management
Composite 4: Care Management and Support
Composite 5: Care Coordination and Care Transitions

0-100 measure of leadership commitment to patient-centered communication, derived from items on the staff and patient surveys of the Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit

These measures are based on the CAHPS Cultural Competence Item Set, a set of supplemental items for the CAHPS Clinician/Group Survey that includes the following domains: Patient-provider communication; Complementary and alternative medicine; Experiences of discrimination due to race/ethnicity, insurance, or language; Experiences leading to trust or distrust, including level of trust, caring and confidence in the truthfulness of their provide; and Linguistic competency (Access to language services).

These measures are based on the CAHPS Item Set for Addressing Health Literacy, a set of supplemental items for the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey. The item set includes the following domains: Communication with Provider (Doctor), Disease Self-Management, Communication about Medicines, Communication about Test Results, and Communication about Forms. Samples for the survey are drawn from adults who have had at least one provider´s visit within the past year. Measures can be calculated at the individual clinician level, or at the group (e.g., practice, clinic) level.

0-100 measure of performance evaluation related to patient-centered communication, derived from items on the staff and patient surveys of the Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit

0-100 measure of health literacy related to patient-centered communication, derived from items on the staff and patient surveys of the Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit

0-100 measure of language services related to patient-centered communication, derived from items on the staff and patient surveys of the Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit (C-CAT)