Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of chronic hepatitis C who started antiviral treatment within the 12 month reporting period for whom hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype testing was performed within 12 months prior to initiation of antiviral treatment
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of hepatitis C who have received at least one injection of hepatitis A vaccine, or who have documented immunity to hepatitis A
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of hepatitis C who have received at least one injection of hepatitis B vaccine, or who have documented immunity to hepatitis B
In-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with pancreatic resection, ages 18 years and older. Includes metrics for discharges grouped by type of diagnosis and procedure. Excludes acute pancreatitis discharges, 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.]
The number of hospital discharges with a procedure of partial or total pancreatic resection for patients 18 years and older or obstetric patients. Excludes acute pancreatitis admissions.
Participation in a systematic qualified clinical database registry involves:
a. Physician or other clinician submits standardized data elements to registry
b. Data elements are applicable to consensus endorsed quality measures
c. Registry measures shall include at least two (2) representative NQF consensus endorsed measures for registry's clinical topic(s) and report on all patients eligible for the selected measures.
d. Registry provides calculated measures results, benchmarking, and quality improvement information to individual physicians and clinicians.
Participation in at least one multi-center, standardized data collection and feedback program for pediatric and congenital heart surgery that provides benchmarking of the physician’s data relative to national and regional programs and uses process and outcome measures.
This Registry should be capable of
a. generating population based reports relating to published guideline goals or benchmarking data
b. providing comparisons to the practitioner
c. providing feedback that is related to guideline goals
d. capturing data for one or more chronic disease conditions (i.e. diabetes) or preventive care measures (i.e. USPTF recommendations) for all patients eligible for the measures
Participation in a clinical database with broad state, regional, or national representation, that provides regular performance reports based on benchmarked data
Participation in a multi-center data collection and feedback program that provides benchmarking of the physician’s data relative to national programs and uses structural, process, and outcome measures.