Public Reporting

The percentage of patients 18 years and older with a serious mental illness or alcohol or other drug dependence who received a screening for tobacco use and follow-up for those identified as a current tobacco user. Two rates are reported.

Rate 1: The percentage of patients 18 years and older with a diagnosis of serious mental illness who received a screening for tobacco use and follow-up for those identified as a current tobacco user.

Documentation of the extent to which a provider uses a certified/qualified electronic health record (EHR) system to track pending laboratory tests, diagnostic studies (including common preventive screenings) or patient referrals. The Electronic Health Record includes provider reminders when clinical results are not received within a predefined timeframe.

The percentage of children ages 2 through 15 years old with sickle cell anemia (Hemoglobin SS) who received at least one transcranial Doppler (TCD) screening within a year.

The number of medical and surgical discharges with a secondary diagnosis of transfusion reaction for patients ages 17 years and younger. Excludes cases with a principal diagnosis of transfusion reaction, cases with a secondary diagnosis of transfusion reaction that is present on admission, neonates, and obstetric cases.

The number of medical and surgical discharges with a secondary diagnosis of transfusion reaction for patients ages 18 years and older or obstetric patients. Excludes cases with a principal diagnosis of transfusion reaction or cases with a secondary diagnosis of transfusion reaction that is present on admission.

Percentage of discharges from an emergency department (ED) to ambulatory care or home health care, in which the patient, regardless of age, or their caregiver(s), received a transition record at the time of ED discharge including, at a minimum, all of the specified elements

Percentage of female patients aged 18 and over with HER2/neu positive invasive breast cancer who are administered trastuzumab

Emergency Department acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients or chest pain patients (with Probable Cardiac Chest Pain) with an order for troponin during the stay and having a time from ED arrival to completion of Troponin results within 60 minutes of arrival

This measure identifies the percentage of patients age 2 through 12 years with OME who received tympanostomy tube(s) insertion during the measurement year and had a hearing test performed within 6 months prior to the initial tube placement.

The number per 1,000 livebirths of <1500g infants delivered at hospitals not appropriate for that size infant.