The percentage of patients aged 18 to 75 with diagnosis of diabetes and hypertension or proteinuria who have a current fill for an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE-I) or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB)
Percentage of patients undergoing a screening mammogram whose information is entered into a reminder system with a target due date for the next mammogram
Percentage of final reports for carotid imaging studies (neck magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), neck computerized tomographic angiography (CTA), neck duplex ultrasound, carotid angiogram) performed that include direct or indirect reference to measurements of distal internal carotid diameter as the denominator for stenosis measurement
Percent of patients aged 18 years and older undergoing cardiac surgery whose prophylactic antibiotics were ordered to be discontinued OR were discontinued within 48 hours after surgery end time.
The Elective Primary Hip Arthroplasty episode-based cost measure evaluates a clinician’s risk-adjusted cost to Medicare for patients who receive an elective primary hip arthroplasty during the performance period. The measure score is a clinician’s risk-adjusted cost for the episode group averaged across all episodes attributed to the clinician.
Percentage of patients aged 40 years and older with an emergency department discharge diagnosis of non-traumatic chest pain who had a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) performed
Type of score: Proportion
Percentage of patients aged 60 years and older with an emergency department discharge diagnosis of syncope who had an ECG performed
Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with an emergency department discharge diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who had documentation of receiving aspirin within 24 hours before emergency department arrival or during emergency department stay
Percentage of all patients transferred from an Emergency Department to another healthcare facility whose medical record documentation indicated that all required information was communicated (sent) to the receiving facility within 60 minutes of transfer For all data elements, the definition of ‘sent’ includes the following:
• Hard copy sent directly with the patient, or
• Sent via fax or phone within 60 minutes of patient departure, or
• Immediately available via shared Electronic health record (EHR) or Health Information Exchange (HIE) (see definition below)
This measure assesses the number of nulliparous women with a term, singleton baby in a vertex position delivered by cesarean birth.