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COPD: inhaled bronchodilator therapy

Percentage of patients aged 18 years or older, with a diagnosis of COPD (FEV1/FVC < 70%) who have an FEV1 < 60% predicted and have symptoms who were prescribed an inhaled bronchodilator

CBE ID
0102

COPD: Spirometry Evaluation

Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of COPD who had spirometry results documented

CBE ID
0091

CSTK-01: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Score Performed for Ischemic Stroke Patients

Proportion of ischemic stroke patients age 18 years or older for whom an initial NIHSS score is performed prior to any acute recanalization therapy (i.e., intra-venous (IV) thrombolytic (t-PA) therapy, or intra-arterial (IA) thrombolytic (t-PA) therapy, or mechanical endovascular reperfusion (MER) therapy) in patients undergoing recanalization therapy and documented in the medical record, or documented within 12 hours of arrival at the hospital emergency department in patients who do not undergo recanalization therapy.

CBE ID
2864

CSTK-03: Severity Measurement Performed for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) and Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) Patients (Overall Rate)

Proportion of SAH and ICH stroke patients age 18 years or older for whom a severity measurement (i.e., Hunt and Hess Scale for SAH patients or ICH Score for ICH patients) is performed prior to surgical intervention (e.g., clipping, coiling, or any surgical intervention) in patients undergoing surgical intervention and documented in the medical record; OR, documented within 6 hours of arrival at the hospital emergency department in patients who do not undergo surgical intervention.

CBE ID
2866

CSTK-06: Nimodipine Treatment Administered

Proportion of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients age 18 years and older for whom nimodipine treatment was administered within 24 hours of arrival at this hospital.

This is the sixth measure in a set of measures developed for Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Certification. Although it is not required that these measures are reported in conjunction with each other, The Joint Commission develops measures in sets in order to provide as comprehensive a view of quality for a particular clinical topic as possible.

CBE ID
2863