Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of hepatitis C who were counseled regarding the risks of alcohol consumption at least once within the 12 month reporting period
Percentage of female patients aged 18 to 44 years and all men aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis chronic hepatitis C who are receiving antiviral treatment who were counseled regarding contraception prior to the initiation of antiviral treatment
This measure identifies the percentage of patients with chronic Hepatitis C (HCV) who began HCV antiviral therapy during the measurement year and had HCV Viral Load testing 6 months prior to initiation of antiviral therapy.
Proportion of female patients (aged 18 years and older) with breast cancer who are human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)/neu negative who are not administered HER2-targeted therapies
Proportion of female patients (aged 18 years and older) with breast cancer who receive human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) testing for overexpression or gene amplification
The percentage of patients aged 2 through 64 with a high risk condition, or aged 65 years and older who either received a pneumococcal vaccine (reported separately) or had a contraindication to pneumococcal vaccine (reported separately).
In-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges with hip fracture as a principal diagnosis for patients ages 65 years and older. Excludes periprosthetic fracture discharges, obstetric discharges, cases in hospice care at admission, 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 percentage of women with a history of breast cancer treated with curative intent who had breast cancer surveillance for local regional recurrence (LRR)annually.
The percentage of men with definitively treated localized prostate cancer who had at least one PSA level in the past 12 months.
Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of HIV who had at least two eligible encounters or at least one eligible encounter and one HIV viral load test that were at least 90 days apart within the measurement period.