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One-Time Screening for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) for Patients at Risk

  • Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with one or more of the following: a history of injection drug use, receipt of a blood transfusion prior to 1992, receiving maintenance hemodialysis, OR birthdate in the years 1945–1965 who received one-time screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection

    CBE ID
    3059e

Operative Mortality Stratified by the 5 STAT Mortality Categories

  • Percent of patients undergoing index pediatric and/or congenital heart surgery who die, including both 1) all deaths occurring during the hospitalization in which the procedure was performed, even if after 30 days (including patients transferred to other acute care facilities), and 2) those deaths occurring after discharge from the hospital, but within 30 days of the procedure, stratified by the five STAT Mortality Categories, a multi-institutional validated risk stratification tool

    CBE ID
    0733

Optimal Diabetes Care

  • The percentage of patients 18-75 years of age who had a diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes and whose diabetes was optimally managed during the measurement period as defined by achieving ALL of the following:
    • HbA1c less than 8.0 mg/dL
    • Blood Pressure less than 140/90 mmHg
    • On a statin medication, unless allowed contraindications or exceptions are present
    • Non-tobacco user
    • Patient with ischemic vascular disease is on daily aspirin or anti-platelets, unless allowed contraindications or exceptions are present

    CBE ID
    0729

Overall Defect Free Care for AMI

  • The proportion of acute MI patients >= 18 years of age that receive "perfect care" based upon their eligibility for each performance measures

    CBE ID
    2377

Patient Fall Rate

  • All documented falls, with or without injury, experienced by patients on eligible unit types in a calendar quarter. Reported as Total Falls per 1,000 Patient Days.
    (Total number of falls / Patient days) X 1000

    Measure focus is safety.
    Target population is adult acute care inpatient and adult rehabilitation patients.

    CBE ID
    0141