Professional Certification or Recognition Program
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This measure focuses on adults 18 years and older with a diagnosis of severe sepsis or septic shock. Consistent with Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines, it assesses measurement of lactate, obtaining blood cultures, administering broad spectrum antibiotics, fluid resuscitation, vasopressor administration, reassessment of volume status and tissue perfusion, and repeat lactate measurement.
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Standardized average length of hospital stay (ALOS) for routine inpatient care (i.e., care provided outside of intensive care units).
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This measure assesses the extent to which health care providers actually involve patients in a decision-making process when there is more than one reasonable option. This proposal is to focus on patients who have undergone any one of 7 common, important surgical procedures: total replacement of the knee or hip, lower back surgery for spinal stenosis of herniated disc, radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer, mastectomy for early stage breast cancer or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for stable angina.
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NSC-12.1 - Percentage of total productive nursing hours worked by RN (employee and contract) with direct patient care responsibilities by hospital unit.
NSC-12.2 - Percentage of total productive nursing hours worked by LPN/LVN (employee and contract) with direct patient care responsibilities by hospital unit.
NSC-12.3 - Percentage of total productive nursing hours worked by UAP (employee and contract) with direct patient care responsibilities by hospital unit.
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Ratio of observed to expected major adverse events (MAE) among patients undergoing congenital cardiac catheterization, risk-adjusted using the Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease Adjustment for Risk Method II (CHARM II).
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The measure calculates the percentage of family or designated responsible party for long stay residents (i.e., residents living in the facility for 100 days or more), who are satisfied. This consumer reported outcome measure is based on the CoreQ: Long-Stay Family questionnaire that has three items.
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The measure calculates the percentage of long-stay residents, those living in the skilled nursing facility for 100 days or more, who are satisfied. This patient reported outcome measure is based on the CoreQ: Long-Stay Resident questionnaire that is a three-item questionnaire.
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The measure calculates the percentage of individuals discharged in a six-month time period from a SNF, within 100 days of admission, who are satisfied. This patient reported outcome measure is based on the CoreQ: Short Stay Discharge questionnaire that utilizes four items.
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Percent of acute ischemic stroke patients receiving intravenous alteplase therapy during the hospital stay who have a time from hospital arrival to initiation of thrombolytic therapy (door-to-needle time) of 60 minutes or less
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Percentage of female patients aged 18 and over with HER2/neu positive invasive breast cancer who are administered trastuzumab