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Change in rasch derived values of motor function from admission to discharge among adult short term rehabilitation skilled nursing facility patients aged 18 years and older who were discharged alive. The time frame for the measure is 12 months. The measure includes the following 12 items:Feeding, Grooming, Dressing Upper Body, Dressing Lower Body, Toileting, Bowel, Expression, Memory, Transfer Bed/Chair/Wheelchair, Transfer Toilet, Locomotion and Stairs.

Change in rasch derived values of motor function from admission to discharge among adult long term acute care facility patients aged 18 years and older who were discharged alive. The timeframe for the measure is 12 months. The measure includes the following 12 items:Feeding, Grooming, Dressing Upper Body, Dressing Lower Body, Toileting, Bowel, Expression, Memory, Transfer Bed/Chair/Wheelchair, Transfer Toilet, Locomotion and Stairs.

Change in rasch derived values of self-care function from admission to discharge among adult patients treated in a long term acute care facility who were discharged alive. The time frame for the measure is 12 months. The measure includes the following 8 items: Eating, Grooming, Dressing Upper Body, Dressing Lower Body, Toileting, Bowel, Expression, and Memory.

Change in rasch derived values of self-care function from admission to discharge among adult patients treated as short term rehabilitation patients in a skilled nursing facility who were discharged alive. The time frame for the measure is 12 months. The measure includes the following 8 items: Eating, Grooming, Dressing Upper Body, Dressing Lower Body, Toileting, Bowel, Expression, and Memory.

The measure is the percentage of patients who achieve a 3-point increase in their Patient Activation Measure® (PAM®) survey score within 12 months. The outcome measure demonstrates how a clinician group performed in providing best care to its patients by quantifying the proportion of patients who had at least a 3-point score change. 

This composite measure assesses the percentage of hospitalizations for adults aged 18 years and older at the start of the inpatient encounter during the measurement period with a length of stay equal to or greater than 24 hours who received optimal malnutrition care during the current inpatient hospitalization where care performed was appropriate to the patient's level of malnutrition risk and severity.

This measure calculates the percentage of acute ischemic stroke or hemorrhagic stroke patients who arrive at the emergency department (ED) within two hours of the onset of symptoms and have a head computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan interpreted within 45 minutes of ED arrival. The measure is calculated using chart abstracted data, on a rolling, quarterly basis and is publicly reported, in aggregate, for one calendar year.

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.

Percentage of hospice or palliative care patients who were screened for dyspnea during the hospice admission evaluation / palliative care initial encounter.

Percentage of patients who screened positive for dyspnea who received treatment within 24 hours of screening.