Proportion of inpatient hospitalizations for patients 18 years of age and older prescribed, or continued on, two or more opioids or an opioid and benzodiazepine concurrently at discharge.
Following the conclusion of the Spring 2023 public comment period, the project committee reviews submitted comments. After its review, the committee may choose to revise its recommendations within in response to a specific comment or series of comments. In addition the project committee will re-vote on measures in which consensus was not reached during the Spring 2023 measure evaluaiton meeting. Any revisions will be reflected in the final report.
Percentage of surgical inpatients who experienced a complication and then died within 30-days from the date of their first “operating room” procedure. Failure-to-rescue is defined as the probability of death given a postoperative complication.
This metric is designed to measure the critical care transport team's utilization of waveform capnography during critical care medical transport. Waveform capnography has evolved as the standard for the safe placement and maintenance of advanced airways (e.g., endotracheal tubes) in adult and pediatric patients. The metric specifically focuses on transported patients with advanced airways in whom continuous waveform capnography is appropriately used. This metric is stratified by age into the following three categories: neonatal (defined as infants <29 days), pediatric (