Door to Diagnostic Evaluation by a Qualified Medical Personnel
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Time of first contact in the ED to the time when the patient sees qualified medical personnel for patient evaluation and management.
CBE ID0498
Time of first contact in the ED to the time when the patient sees qualified medical personnel for patient evaluation and management.
Percentage of short term home health episodes of care during which patient/caregiver was instructed on how to monitor the effectiveness of drug therapy, how to recognize potential adverse effects, and how and when to report problems.
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.
This measure identifies patients age 18 or older who started lipid-lowering medication during the measurement year and had a lipid panel checked within 3 months after starting drug therapy.
Of all patient encounters within the past month that used an electronic health record (EHR) with electronic data interchange (EDI) where a prescribing event occurred, how many used EDI for the prescribing event.
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.