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Patient Fall Rate

All documented falls, with or without injury, experienced by patients on eligible unit types in a calendar quarter. Reported as Total Falls per 1,000 Patient Days.
(Total number of falls / Patient days) X 1000

Measure focus is safety.
Target population is adult acute care inpatient and adult rehabilitation patients.

CBE ID
0141

Patient Information

Percentage of patients transferred to another HEALTHCARE FACILITY whose medical record documentation indicated that patient information was communicated to the receiving FACILITY within 60 minutes of departure

CBE ID
0294

Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) 90: Patient Safety and Adverse Events Composite

PSI 90 is a composite of ten adverse event indicators that summarizes hospitals’ performance on patient safety for the CMS Medicare fee-for-service population. The timeframe used in the CMS Hospital Acquired Conditions Reduction Program (HACRP) and CareCompare public reporting are set within the Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) Final Rule annually. Typically, the performance periods use multiple months of claims data.

CBE ID
0531