Percentage of patients transferred to another HEALTHCARE FACILITY whose medical record documentation indicated that physician information was communicated to the receiving FACILITY within 60 minutes of departure
Percentage of PICU patients receiving: a. Pain assessment on admission,
Percentage of PICU patients receiving: a periodic pain assessment
The number of days between PICU admission and PICU discharge.
The ratio of actual deaths over predicted deaths for PICU patients.
Percent of pneumonia patients, age 18 years or older, transferred or admitted to the ICU within 24 hours of hospital arrival who had blood cultures performed within 24 hours prior to or 24 hours after arrival at the hospital.
Inpatients age 65 years and older and 5-64 years of age who have a high risk condition who are screened for Pneumococcal Vaccine status and vaccinated prior to discharge if indicated.
In-hospital deaths per 1,000 hospital discharges with pneumonia as a principal diagnosis for patients ages 18 years and older. Excludes obstetric discharges 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.]
Percentage of patients who ever received a pneumococcal vaccination
This measure identifies patients with ST elevation MI (STEMI), or non-ST elevation MI (NSTEMI) plus a history of hypertension, heart failure and/or diabetes prior to the measurement year who are taking an ACEI or an ARB during the measurement year.