Fall 2012

The percentage of men with definitively treated localized prostate cancer who had at least one PSA level in the past 12 months.

This measure assesses the number of patients with confirmed venous thromboembolism (VTE) during hospitalization (not present at admission) who did not receive VTE prophylaxis between hospital admission and the day before the VTE diagnostic testing order date.

Percent of elderly cases with intra-abdominal procedure with an incidental appendectomy.

Percentage of patients who had an increase in the number of pressure ulcers

Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of ESRD and receiving dialysis who received the influenza immunization during the flu season (September through February)

Percentage of patient visits, regardless of age, seen with a new occurrence of melanoma who have a treatment plan documented in the chart that was communicated to the physician(s) providing continuing care within one month of diagnosis.

Percentage of home health episodes of care in which the patient was assessed for pain, using a standardized pain assessment tool, at start/resumption of care.

Percentage of short term home health episodes of care during which pain interventions were included in the physician-ordered plan of care and implemented.

This Registry should be capable of
a. generating population based reports relating to published guideline goals or benchmarking data
b. providing comparisons to the practitioner
c. providing feedback that is related to guideline goals
d. capturing data for one or more chronic disease conditions (i.e. diabetes) or preventive care measures (i.e. USPTF recommendations) for all patients eligible for the measures

Percentage of women with Stage I-IIb breast cancer that received either axillary node dissection or Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) at the time of surgery (lumpectomy or mastectomy)