National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Cancer - pain: RAND Corporation

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Cancer - pain: percentage of patients admitted to the hospital who were screened for the presence or absence of pain.
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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Cancer - pain: percentage of patients admitted to the hospital who were screened for the presence or absence of pain.


Cancer - pain: percentage of patients treated for spinal cord compression for whom there was follow-up of neurologic symptoms and signs within 1 week after treatment was completed.
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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Cancer - pain: percentage of patients treated for spinal cord compression for whom there was follow-up of neurologic symptoms and signs within 1 week after treatment was completed.


Cancer - pain: percentage of patients who had a cancer-related outpatient visit who were screened for the presence or absence and intensity of pain using a numeric pain score.
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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Cancer - pain: percentage of patients who had a cancer-related outpatient visit who were screened for the presence or absence and intensity of pain using a numeric pain score.


Cancer - pain: percentage of patients whose outpatient cancer pain regimen changed for whom there was an assessment of the effectiveness of the treatment at or before the next outpatient visit with that provider or at another cancer-related outpatient visit.
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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Cancer - pain: percentage of patients whose outpatient cancer pain regimen changed for whom there was an assessment of the effectiveness of the treatment at or before the next outpatient visit with that provider or at another cancer-related outpatient visit.


Cancer - pain: percentage of patients with advanced cancer who received radiation treatment for painful bone metastases for whom single-fraction radiation was offered OR there was documentation of a contraindication to single-fraction treatment.
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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Cancer - pain: percentage of patients with advanced cancer who received radiation treatment for painful bone metastases for whom single-fraction radiation was offered OR there was documentation of a contraindication to single-fraction treatment.


Cancer - pain: percentage of patients with cancer pain started on chronic opioid treatment who were offered either a prescription or nonprescription bowel regimen within 24 hours or had documented contraindication to a bowel regimen.
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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Cancer - pain: percentage of patients with cancer pain started on chronic opioid treatment who were offered either a prescription or nonprescription bowel regimen within 24 hours or had documented contraindication to a bowel regimen.


Cancer - pain: percentage of patients with cancer pain started on a long-acting opioid formulation for whom a short-acting opioid formulation for breakthrough pain was also provided.
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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Cancer - pain: percentage of patients with cancer pain started on a long-acting opioid formulation for whom a short-acting opioid formulation for breakthrough pain was also provided.


Cancer - pain: percentage of patients with confirmation of spinal cord compression on radiologic examination for whom radiotherapy or surgical decompression was initiated within 24 hours or had a contraindication for such therapy documented.
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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Cancer - pain: percentage of patients with confirmation of spinal cord compression on radiologic examination for whom radiotherapy or surgical decompression was initiated within 24 hours or had a contraindication for such therapy documented.


Cancer - pain: percentage of patients with new neurologic symptoms or findings on a physical examination consistent with a spinal cord compression for whom a whole-spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan or myelography was performed as soon as possible, but within 24 hours OR there was documentation of why an MRI scan was not appropriate.
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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Cancer - pain: percentage of patients with new neurologic symptoms or findings on a physical examination consistent with a spinal cord compression for whom a whole-spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan or myelography was performed as soon as possible, but within 24 hours OR there was documentation of why an MRI scan was not appropriate.


Cancer - pain: percentage of patients with new neurologic symptoms or findings on physical examination consistent with spinal cord compression who were treated with steroids as soon as possible, but within 24 hours or had a contraindication to steroids documented.
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National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Cancer - pain: percentage of patients with new neurologic symptoms or findings on physical examination consistent with spinal cord compression who were treated with steroids as soon as possible, but within 24 hours or had a contraindication to steroids documented.