Quality Improvement with Benchmarking (external benchmarking to multiple organizations)
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0-100 measure of health literacy related to patient-centered communication, derived from items on the staff and patient surveys of the Communication Climate Assessment Toolkit
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Percentage of home health episodes of care during which patients with heart failure were assessed for symptoms of heart failure, and appropriate actions were taken when the patient exhibited symptoms of heart failure
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Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of heart failure for whom the quantitative or qualitative results of a recent or prior (any time in the past) LVEF assessment is documented within a 12 month period.
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Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older, seen within a 12 month reporting period, with a diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) made at any time during or prior to the reporting period who had baseline flow cytometry studies performed and documented in the chart
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Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, not in remission, who were prescribed or received intravenous bisphosphonate therapy within the 12 month reporting period
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Percent of live newborn infants that receive Hepatitis B vaccination before discharge (or within 1 month of life, if the infant had an extended hospital stay) at each single hospital/birthing facility during given time period (one year).
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This measure identifies the percentage of patients with chronic Hepatitis C (HCV) who began HCV antiviral therapy during the measurement year and had HCV Viral Load testing 6 months prior to initiation of antiviral therapy.
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Proportion of female patients (aged 18 years and older) with breast cancer who are human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)/neu negative who are not administered HER2-targeted therapies
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Proportion of female patients (aged 18 years and older) with breast cancer who receive human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) testing for overexpression or gene amplification
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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.