Hospice and Palliative Care -- Pain Screening
Description
Percentage of hospice or palliative care patients who were screened for pain during the hospice admission evaluation / palliative care initial encounter.
Percentage of hospice or palliative care patients who were screened for pain during the hospice admission evaluation / palliative care initial encounter.
Percentage of patients with chart documentation of preferences for life sustaining treatments.
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
The percentage of home health episodes of care during which the frequency of the patient´s pain when moving around improved.
Information From 2015 Submission
Optimal End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Starts is the percentage of new adult ESRD patients during the measurement period who experience a planned start of renal replacement therapy by receiving a preemptive kidney transplant, by initiating home dialysis (peritoneal dialysis or home hemodialysis), or by initiating outpatient in-center hemodialysis via arteriovenous fistula or arteriovenous graft.
Percentage of vulnerable adults admitted to ICU who survive at least 48 hours who have their care preferences documented within 48 hours OR documentation as to why this was not done.
Percentage of vulnerable adults treated with an opioid that are offered/prescribed a bowel regimen or documentation of why this was not needed
Adult patients with advanced cancer who are screened for pain with a standardized quantitative tool at each outpatient visit
Percentage of patients who died from cancer, and admitted to hospice and spent less than 3 days there
Percentage of patients who died from cancer admitted to the ICU in the last 30 days of life