Australian Council on Healthcare Standards and Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

Measure Summaries

Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

• Obstetrics: percentage of deliveries with birth weight less than 2750g at 40⁰ weeks gestation or beyond. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of high risk women undergoing caesarean section who receive appropriate pharmacological thromboprophylaxis. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of inborn term babies transferred/admitted to a neonatal intensive care nursery or special care nursery for reasons other than congenital abnormality. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of selected primipara sustaining a perineal tear and NO episiotomy. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of selected primipara undergoing caesarean section. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of selected primipara undergoing episiotomy and NO perineal tear while giving birth vaginally. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of selected primipara undergoing episiotomy AND sustaining a perineal tear while giving birth vaginally. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of selected primipara undergoing surgical repair of the perineum for fourth degree tear. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of selected primipara undergoing surgical repair of the perineum for third degree tear. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of selected primipara who have a spontaneous vaginal birth. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of selected primipara who undergo an instrumental vaginal birth. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of selected primipara who undergo induction of labour. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of selected primipara with an intact perineum or unsutured perineal tear. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of serious adverse events that are addressed within a peer review process. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of term babies born with an Apgar score of less than 7 at five minutes post delivery. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of women delivering vaginally following a previous primary caesarean section. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of women having a general anaesthetic for a caesarean section. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of women who give birth vaginally who receive a blood transfusion during the same admission. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of women who receive an appropriate prophylactic antibiotic at the time of caesarean section. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Obstetrics: percentage of women who undergo a caesarean section who receive a blood transfusion during the same admission. This updates a previously published measure summary.

Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

• Hypertension: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of hypertension seen within a 12 month period with a blood pressure less than 140/90 mm Hg OR patients with a blood pressure greater than or equal to 140/90 mm Hg and prescribed 2 or more anti-hypertensive medications during the most recent office visit.