Inpatient/Hospital

This measure describes the change in functional communication status subsequent to speech-language pathology treatment of patients who exhibit difficuty in swallowing.

In-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges with gastrointestinal hemorrhage as a principal diagnosis for patients age 18 years and older. Excludes obstetric discharges and transfers to another hospital.

[NOTE: The software provides the rate per hospital discharge. However, common practice reports the measure as per 1,000 discharges. The user must multiply the rate obtained from the software by 1,000 to report in-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges.]

The rate of hypoglycemic events following the administration of an anti-diabetic agent

The proportion of patients, age greater than and equal to 1 year, admitted to a hospital-based inpatient psychiatric setting who are screened within the first three days of hospitalization for all of the following: risk of violence to self or others, substance use, psychological trauma history and patient strengths.

The proportion of patients discharged from a hospital-based inpatient psychiatric setting on two or more antipsychotic medications.

The proportion of patients, age greater than and equal to 1 year, discharged from a hospital-based inpatient psychiatric setting on two or more antipsychotic medications with appropriate justification.

The proportion of patients discharged from a hospital-based inpatient psychiatric setting with a post discharge continuing care plan created.

The proportion of patients discharged from a hospital-based inpatient psychiatric setting with a complete post discharge continuing care plan, all the components of which are transmitted to the next level of care provider upon discharge.

0-100 measure of health literacy related to patient-centered communication, derived from items on the staff and patient surveys of the Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit

This measure assesses the proportion of births that have been screened for hearing loss before hospital discharge.