The percentage of patients who were dispensed a medication for diabetes and hypertension that are receiving an angiotensin-converting -enzyme-inhibitor (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) or direct renin inhibitor (DRI) renin-angiotensin-antagonist medication.
This eCQM assesses the rate of delayed diagnosis of VTE in adults aged 18 years and older in the primary care setting. Delayed diagnosis is defined as diagnosis of VTE that occurs >24 hours following the index primary care visit where symptoms for the VTE were first present (within 30 days).
Proportion of patients undergoing ICD/CRT-D implant who received prescriptions for all medications (ACE/ARB and beta blockers) for which they are eligible at discharge.
Percentage of patients 18+ with carpal tunnel syndrome who received surgical carpal tunnel release, and who should not routinely be prescribed postoperative physical and/or occupational therapy within 6 weeks after release.
Percentage of short term home health episodes of care during which patient/caregiver was instructed on how to monitor the effectiveness of drug therapy, how to recognize potential adverse effects, and how and when to report problems.
Percent of patients aged 18 years and older undergoing cardiac surgery whose prophylactic antibiotics were ordered to be discontinued OR were discontinued within 48 hours after surgery end time.
Percentage of all patients transferred from an Emergency Department to another healthcare facility whose medical record documentation indicated that all required information was communicated (sent) to the receiving facility within 60 minutes of transfer For all data elements, the definition of ‘sent’ includes the following:
• Hard copy sent directly with the patient, or
• Sent via fax or phone within 60 minutes of patient departure, or
• Immediately available via shared Electronic health record (EHR) or Health Information Exchange (HIE) (see definition below)
This measure assesses the number of nulliparous women with a term, singleton baby in a vertex position delivered by cesarean birth.
Hospital-level measure scores are calculated as a risk-adjusted proportion of the number of delivery hospitalizations for women who experience a severe obstetric complication, as defined by the numerator, by the total number of delivery hospitalizations in the denominator during the measurement period.
The measure focuses on resources used to deliver episodes of care for patients who have undergone a Hip/Knee Replacement. Hip Replacement and Knee Replacement episodes are initially defined using the Episode Treatment Groups (ETG) methodology and describe the unique presence of the condition for a patient and the services involved in diagnosing, managing and treating the condition. The Procedure Episode Group (PEG) methodology uses the ETG results and further logic to creating a procedure episode that focuses on the Hip Replacement and Knee Replacement component of the care.