NQMC Update Service: December 3, 2012 || Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

NQMC Update Service: December 3, 2012

NQMC Update Service: December 3, 2012

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 12/03/2012 02:39 PM EST

December 3, 2012

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Measure Summaries

Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

• Cancellation of booked procedures: percentage of patients booked into a day procedure facility who fail to arrive, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Cancellation of booked procedures: percentage of patients booked into a day procedure facility whose procedure is cancelled after their arrival at the facility due to a pre-existing medical condition, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Cancellation of booked procedures: percentage of patients booked into a day procedure facility whose procedure is cancelled after their arrival at the facility due to administrative/organisational reasons, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Cancellation of booked procedures: percentage of patients booked into a day procedure facility whose procedure is cancelled after their arrival at the facility due to an acute medical condition, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Delayed patient discharge: percentage of patients who have an unplanned delayed discharge greater than 1 hour beyond that expected for the procedure, during the 6 month time period.

• Unplanned return to the operating room: percentage of patients having an unplanned return to the operating/procedure room during the same admission, during the 6 month time period.

• Unplanned transfer: percentage of patients having a discharge intention of one day who had an unplanned transfer or overnight admission following an operation/procedure, during the 6 month time period.