NQMC Update Service: October 28, 2013 ▲ British Medical Association

NQMC Update Service: October 28, 2013

October 28, 2013

NQMC Update Service: October 28, 2013

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 10/28/2013 12:00 PM EDT

October 28, 2013

New This Week

Measure Summaries

British Medical Association

• Heart failure: the contractor establishes and maintains a register of patients with heart failure. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Heart failure: the percentage of patients with a current diagnosis of heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction who are currently treated with an ACE-I or ARB who are additionally currently treated with a beta-blocker licensed for heart failure. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Heart failure: the percentage of patients with a current diagnosis of heart failure due to left ventricular systolic dysfunction who are currently treated with an ACE-I or ARB. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Heart failure: the percentage of patients with a diagnosis of heart failure (diagnosed on or after 1 April 2006) which has been confirmed by an echocardiogram or by specialist assessment 3 months before or 12 months after entering on to the register. This updates a previously published measure summary.