The PaLS is used to generate a patient-level t-score that reflects patient-reported satisfaction with how well his/her/their facility is doing in discussing life goals with the patient as part of the treatment planning process.
The Excess Antibiotic Duration for Adult Hospitalized Patients with Uncomplicated Community-Acquired Pneumonia measure is a process measure representing the annual percentage of hospitalized adults with uncomplicated community-acquired pneumonia who receive an excess antibiotic duration. The measure will be calculated using electronic health record (EHR) data and is intended for use at the facility level for both quality improvement and pay-for-performance.
Percentage of adult dialysis patients with a 6-month rolling average phosphorus value greater than or equal to 6.5 mg/dL.
Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of HIV who had at least two eligible encounters or at least one eligible encounter and one HIV viral load test that were at least 90 days apart within the measurement period.
The measure estimates the hospital-level, risk-standardized mortality rate (RSMR) for Medicare patients (Fee-for-Service [FFS] and Medicare Advantage[MA]) discharged from the hospital with a principal discharge diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke. The outcome is all-cause 30-day mortality, defined as death from any cause within 30 days of the index admission date, including in-hospital death, for stroke patients. The measure includes the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Stroke Scale as an assessment of stroke severity upon admission in the risk-adjustment model.
This ratio measure assesses the number of inpatient hospitalizations where at least one fall with a major or moderate injury occurs among the total qualifying inpatient hospital days for patients aged 18 years and older.
This electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) assesses the proportion of elective inpatient hospitalizations for patients aged 18 years and older without an obstetrical condition who have a procedure resulting in postoperative respiratory failure (PRF).