This measure assesses the number of patients who received venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis or have documentation why no VTE prophylaxis was given the day of or the day after the initial admission (or transfer) to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or surgery end date for surgeries that start the day of or the day after ICU admission (or transfer).
Admissions for any-listed diagnosis of diabetes and any-listed procedure of lower-extremity amputation (except toe amputations) per 100,000 population, ages 18 years and older. Excludes any-listed diagnosis of traumatic lower-extremity amputation admissions, obstetric admissions, and transfers from other institutions.
[NOTE: The software provides the rate per population. However, common practice reports the measure as per 100,000 population. The user must multiply the rate obtained from the software by 100,000 to report admissions per 100,000 population.]
The percentage of women age 50-85 who suffered a fracture and who either had a bone mineral density test or received a prescription for a drug to treat osteoporosis.
The percentage of women 65-85 years of age who report ever having received a bone density test to check for osteoporosis.
The Patient Experience of Psychiatric Care as Measure by the Inpatient Consumer Survey (ICS) was developed to gather patient´s evaluation of their inpatient psychiatric care. The survey is composed of the following six individual measures or domains:
Percentage of ASC admissions experiencing a fall in the ASC.
Percentage of patients, aged 18 years and older, for whom percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is performed with comprehensive documentation for the procedure that includes, at a minimum, the following elements: priority (acute coronary syndrome, urgent, elective, emergency/salvage); presence and severity of angina symptoms; use of antianginal medical therapies within two weeks prior to the procedure, if any; presence, results, and timing of non-invasive stress test, fractional flow reserve (FFR), or intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), if performed; and significance of angiographic stenosi
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older for whom PCI is performed who are prescribed optimal medical therapy at discharge
Percentage of patients who undergo cystoscopy to evaluate for lower urinary tract injury at the time of hysterectomy for pelvic organ prolapse.
Percentage of surgical patients aged 18 years and older undergoing procedures for which VTE prophylaxis is indicated in all patients, who had an order for Low Molecular Weight Heparin (LMWH), Low-Dose Unfractionated Heparin (LDUH), adjusted-dose warfarin, fondaparinux or mechanical prophylaxis to be given within 24 hours prior to incision time or within 24 hours after surgery end time