Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement ► Preventive services for children and adolescents

NQMC Update Service: September 24, 2012

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

• Preventive services for children and adolescents: percentage of newborns who have had neonatal screening for hemoglobinopathies, phenylketonuria and hypothyroidism in the first week of life.

• Preventive services for children and adolescents: percentage of patients age four years and younger who have had vision impairment screening.

• Preventive services for children and adolescents: percentage of patients who by age 13 years were up-to-date with recommended adolescent immunizations: 1) one HPV – human papillomavirus vaccine by age 13 (for females), 2) one MCV4 – meningococcal, 3) one Tdap – tetanus, diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine, and 4) one influenza within the last year.