Population: Regional and State
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Percentage of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients with ST-segment elevation or LBBB on the ECG closest to arrival time receiving primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) during the hospital stay with a time from hospital arrival to PCI of 90 minutes or less.
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The percentage of male diabetics, age 50 years or older, or female diabetics, aged 60 years or older, with a Framingham risk score > 10 who are taking aspirin or an antiplatelet agent.
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Percentage of patients who died from cancer dying in an acute care setting
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What percentage of infants had bloodspot newborn screening performed as mandated by state of birth?
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Percent of adult population aged 18 – 65 years who were admitted to a hospital with stroke, were followed for one-month after discharge, and had one or more potentially avoidable complications (PACs). PACs may occur during the index stay or during the 30-day post discharge period (Please reference attached document labeled NQF_Stroke_PACs_Risk_Adjustment_2.16.10.xls, tabs labeled CIP_Index PAC_Stays and CIP_PAC_Readmission). We define PACs during each time period as one of three types:
(A) PACs during the Index Stay (Hospitalization):
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Percent of adult population aged 18+ years who were identified as having at least one of the following six chronic conditions: Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Heart Failure (HF), Hypertension (HTN), or Diabetes Mellitus (DM), were followed for at least one-year, and had one or more potentially avoidable complications (PACs) during the most recent 12 months.
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Brief Description of Measure: Percent of adult population aged 18+ years with Community Acquired Pneumonia who are followed for one-month, and have one or more potentially avoidable complication (PAC) during the episode time window. Please reference the attached document labeled NQF_PNE_all_codes_risk_adjustment_12_14_15.xls, in the tab labeled PACS I-9 & I-10 for a list of code definitions of PACs relevant to pneumonia.
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Percentage of patients who died from cancer with more than one hospitalization in the last 30 days of life
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Percentage of children from 3.00 to 17.99 years of age seen for a pediatric well child visit who have a Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) Tool administered as a component of that visit.
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Percentage of surgical patients aged 18 years and older undergoing resection for lung or esophageal cancer who had clinical staging provided prior to surgery