Percentage of adult inpatient hospital discharges to home for which the individual was on warfarin and discharged with a non-therapeutic International Normalized Ratio (INR) who had an INR test within 14 days of hospital discharge
This measure assesses the number of patients who received venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis or have documentation why no VTE prophylaxis was given the day of or the day after the initial admission (or transfer) to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or surgery end date for surgeries that start the day of or the day after ICU admission (or transfer).
Percentage of pregnant women who are eligible for and receive appropriate intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) for Group B Streptococcus (GBS)
The percentage of patients 18 to 75 years of age who were discharged alive with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) during the 12 months prior to the measurement year, or who had a diagnosis of ischemic vascular disease (IVD) during the measurement year and the year prior to the measurement year and who had the following during the measurement year:
- Blood pressure control (BP): reported as under control <140/90 mm Hg.
The percentage of patients 18 years of age and older who were discharged alive for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) during the 12 months prior to the measurement year, or who had a diagnosis of ischemic vascular disease (IVD) during the measurement year and the year prior to measurement year, who had each of the following during the measurement year.
- Complete Lipid Profile
- LDL-C control <100 mg/dL
The percentage of patients 18 years of age and older who were discharged from an inpatient setting with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) during the 12 months prior to the measurement year, or who had a diagnosis of ischemic vascular disease (IVD) during the measurement year and the year prior to the measurement year and who had documentation of routine use of aspirin or another antiplatelet during the measurement year.
This measure is used to assess the percent of patient visits and admissions where preferred spoken language for health care is screened and recorded.
This measure is used to assess the percentage of limited English-proficient (LEP) patients receiving both initial assessment and discharge instructions supported by assessed and trained interpreters or from bilingual providers and bilingual workers/employees assessed for language proficiency.
Percentage of patients age 50 and over with fragility fracture who have had appropriate laboratory investigation for secondary causes of fracture ordered or performed prior to discharge from inpatient status.
0-100 measure of language services related to patient-centered communication, derived from items on the staff and patient surveys of the Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit (C-CAT)