Electronic Health Records

Measure Description: The percentage of patients 18-75 years of age who had a diagnosis of ischemic vascular disease (IVD) and whose IVD was optimally managed during the measurement period as defined by achieving ALL of the following:
• Blood pressure less than 140/90 mmHg
• On a statin medication, unless allowed contraindications or exceptions are present
• Non-tobacco user
• On daily aspirin or anti-platelet medication, unless allowed contraindications or exceptions are present

Exclusions

Percentage of vulnerable adults admitted to ICU who survive at least 48 hours who have their care preferences documented within 48 hours OR documentation as to why this was not done.

Adult patients with advanced cancer who are screened for pain with a standardized quantitative tool at each outpatient visit

2022 submission:

The chest imaging-confirmed measure of pneumonia diagnosis is a process measure of inpatient hospitalizations that identifies the proportion of adult patients hospitalized patients with a discharge diagnosis of pneumonia and who received systemic or oral antimicrobials at any time during admission who received chest imaging that supported the diagnosis of pneumonia, as recommended by clinical practice guidelines.  The measure applies to a target population of adult hospitalized patients.

This measure reports the percentage of long-stay residents, 180 days of age and older, who were in a nursing facility for at least one day during the most recently completed influenza vaccination season (IVS), and who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine . The IVS is defined as beginning on October 1 and ends on March 31 of the following year.

The measure reports the percentage of short-stay residents or patients who are assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine during the most recently-completed influenza season. The influenza vaccination season (IVS) is defined as beginning on October 1, or when the vaccine first becomes available*, and ends on March 31 of the following year. This measure is based on the NQF´s National Voluntary Standards for Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunizations.

The PointRight Pro Long Stay Hospitalization Measure is an MDS-based, risk-adjusted measure of the rate of hospitalization of long-stay patients (also known as “residents”) of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) averaged across the year, weighted by the number of stays in each quarter.

Percentage of patients aged 6 months and older seen for a visit between October 1 and March 31 who received an influenza immunization OR who reported previous receipt of an influenza immunization

Percentage of children from 3.00 to 17.99 years of age seen for a pediatric well child visit who have a Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) Tool administered as a component of that visit.