Management of Acute Events, Chronic Disease, Surgery, and Behavioral Health

Annual standardized infection ratio (SIR) of bloodstream infections (BSIs) among children and adults receiving maintenance hemodialysis at outpatient hemodialysis facilities. BSIs are defined as positive blood cultures for hemodialysis patients which are reported monthly by participating facilities. The SIR is reported for a yearly period (calendar year) and is calculated by dividing the number of observed BSIs by the number of predicted BSIs during the year.

This ratio measure assesses the number of inpatient hospitalizations where at least one fall with a major or moderate injury occurs among the total qualifying inpatient hospital days for patients aged 18 years and older.

This electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) assesses the proportion of elective inpatient hospitalizations for patients aged 18 years and older without an obstetrical condition who have a procedure resulting in postoperative respiratory failure (PRF).

This measure provides hospital specific risk-standardized rates of procedural complications following the implantation of an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) in patients at least 65 years of age. The measure uses clinical data available in the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Electrophysiology Device Implant Registry (EPDI - formerly the ICD Registry) for risk adjustment linked with administrative claims data using indirect patient identifiers to identify procedural complications.

This measure estimates a hospital-level risk standardized mortality rate (RSMR) in adult patients without cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest undergoing PCI. The outcome is defined as in-hospital mortality following a PCI procedure performed during the episode of care. Mortality is defined as death for any cause during the episode of care.