Percentage of long-stay nursing home patients 65 years old or older who have a new balance problem who receive physical therapy or nursing rehabilitation/restorative care
Percentage of patients transferred to another HEALTHCARE FACILITY whose medical record documentation indicated that physician information was communicated to the receiving FACILITY within 60 minutes of departure
Percentage of PICU patients receiving: a. Pain assessment on admission,
Percentage of PICU patients receiving: a periodic pain assessment
The number of days between PICU admission and PICU discharge.
The ratio of actual deaths over predicted deaths for PICU patients.
The total number of patients requiring unscheduled readmission to the ICU within 24 hours of discharge or transfer.
For patients 18 years of age and older, the number of acute inpatient stays during the measurement year that were followed by an unplanned acute readmission for any diagnosis within 30 days and the predicted probability of an acute readmission. Data are reported in the following categories:
1. Count of Index Hospital Stays* (denominator)
2. Count of 30-Day Readmissions (numerator)
3. Average Adjusted Probability of Readmission
*An acute inpatient stay with a discharge during the first 11 months of the measurement year (e.g., on or between January 1 and December 1).
Percent of pneumonia patients, age 18 years or older, transferred or admitted to the ICU within 24 hours of hospital arrival who had blood cultures performed within 24 hours prior to or 24 hours after arrival at the hospital.
Inpatients age 65 years and older and 5-64 years of age who have a high risk condition who are screened for Pneumococcal Vaccine status and vaccinated prior to discharge if indicated.