NQMC Update Service: March 4, 2013 ► Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

NQMC Update Service: March 4, 2013

March 4, 2013

New This Week

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

• Diagnosis and management of asthma: percentage of discharged patients with asthma who are readmitted to hospital within 30 days of discharge. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Diagnosis and management of asthma: percentage of hospitalized patients with asthma who are discharged on an inhaled anti-inflammatory medication. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Diagnosis and management of asthma: percentage of patients whose asthma is controlled who are seen by a health care clinician every one to six months. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Diagnosis and management of asthma: percentage of patients whose asthma is not controlled or have change in medication or clinical status, who are seen by a health care clinician within two to six weeks. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Diagnosis and management of asthma: percentage of patients with an emergency department visit or inpatient admission for an asthma exacerbation who are discharged from the emergency department or inpatient setting with an asthma discharge plan.

• Diagnosis and management of asthma: percentage of patients with assessment of asthma control using a validated questionnaire at the last visit related to asthma.

• Diagnosis and management of asthma: percentage of patients with asthma who return to the emergency department for treatment of asthma within 30 days of last visit to the emergency department. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Diagnosis and management of asthma: percentage of patients with spirometry or peak flow at the last visit related to asthma. This updates a previously published measure summary.