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The percentage of adolescents who turned 18 years during the measurement year who had proper immunizations by the time they turn 18 years of age.

Percentage of home health episodes of care during which the patient became less short of breath or dyspneic.

The percentage of home health episodes of care during which the patient demonstrates an improvement in the condition of surgical wounds.

Percent of patients undergoing CT pulmonary angiogram for the evaluation of possible PE who are at low-risk for PE consistent with guidelines(1,2) prior to CT imaging.

(1) Torbicki A, Perrier A, Konstantinides S, et al. Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism: the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J. 2008 Sep;29(18):2276-315

Percentage of vaginal deliveries (excluding those coded with shoulder dystocia) during which an episiotomy is performed.

Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of ESRD and receiving dialysis who received the influenza immunization during the flu season (September through February)

Percentage of home health episodes of care during which patients received influenza immunization for the current flu season.

Percent of nursing home/ skilled nursing facility residents given the influenza vaccination during the flu season.

Percentage of adult inpatient hospital discharges to home for which the individual was on warfarin and discharged with a non-therapeutic International Normalized Ratio (INR) who had an INR test within 14 days of hospital discharge

This measure assesses the number of patients who received venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis or have documentation why no VTE prophylaxis was given the day of or the day after the initial admission (or transfer) to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or surgery end date for surgeries that start the day of or the day after ICU admission (or transfer).