National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | Diagnosis and treatment of headache: Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

• Diagnosis and treatment of headache: percentage of headache patients who received educational materials on headache. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Diagnosis and treatment of headache: percentage of migraineurs assessed for functional status using disease-specific tools or questionnaires (e.g., MIDAS, Headache Impact Test [HIT], Migraine Specific Quality of Life [MSQ]).

• Diagnosis and treatment of headache: percentage of migraineurs prescribed appropriate acute treatment based on level of severity.

• Diagnosis and treatment of headache: percentage of migraineurs prescribed appropriate prophylactic treatment based on level of severity.

• Diagnosis and treatment of headache: percentage of migraineurs seen for migraine in the emergency department/urgent care.

• Diagnosis and treatment of headache: percentage of migraineurs with a prescription for opiates or barbiturates for the treatment of migraine.

• Diagnosis and treatment of headache: percentage of migraineurs with a treatment plan who adhere to their treatment plan.

• Diagnosis and treatment of headache: percentage of migraineurs with headache calendar or diary.

• Diagnosis and treatment of headache: percentage of migraineurs with treatment plans. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Diagnosis and treatment of headache: percentage of patients diagnosed with headache (migraine, tension-type, cluster, sinus or chronic daily headache) using the appropriate diagnostic criteria.

Diagnosis and treatment of headache: percentage of patients with headache who are prescribed appropriate prophylactic treatment based on headache type.