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Vascular Access—Functional Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) or AV Graft or Evaluation for Placement

  • Percentage of end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients aged 18 years and older receiving hemodialysis during the 12-month reporting period and on dialysis >90 days who:

    1. have a functional autogenous AVF (defined as two needles used or a single-needle device [NOT one needle used in a two-needle device]) (computed and reported separately);

    2. have a functional AV graft (computed and reported separately); or

    CBE ID
    0251

Wrong-Patient Retract-and-Reorder (Wrong Patient-RAR) Measure

  • A Wrong-Patient Retract-and-Reorder (Wrong Patient-RAR) event occurs when an order is placed on a patient within an EHR, is retracted within 10 minutes, and then the same clinician places the same order on a different patient within the next 10 minutes. A Wrong-Patient Retract-and-Reorder rate is calculated by dividing Wrong Patient-RAR events by total orders examined.

    CBE ID
    2723