NQMC Update Service: April 29, 2013 ► Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

NQMC Update Service: April 29, 2013

April 29, 2013

Measure Summaries

Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

• Morbidity of radiological procedures: percentage of patients experiencing iodinated contrast extravasation requiring medical review during an IV contrast enhanced CT procedure, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Morbidity of radiological procedures: percentage of patients undergoing percutaneous transpleural biopsy of the lung or mediastinum, for whom there is documented evidence of pneumothorax and/or haemothorax requiring intervention following the procedure, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Morbidity of radiological procedures: percentage of peripheral embolic complications during angioplasty of the arteries in upper or lower limbs, during the 6 month period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Morbidity of radiological procedures: percentage of puncture site complications during or following angiography, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Rehabilitation medicine: percentage of inpatients for whom there is documented evidence of a completed standardised functional assessment within 72 hours prior to cessation of an inpatient rehabilitation program, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Rehabilitation medicine: percentage of patients admitted to a rehabilitation unit/facility for whom there is a documented established multidisciplinary rehabilitation plan within 7 days of patient admission, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Rehabilitation medicine: percentage of patients admitted to a rehabilitation unit/facility for whom there is documented evidence of a functional assessment within 72 hours of patient admission, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Rehabilitation medicine: percentage of patients who have completed a rehabilitation program and been discharged to their pre-episode form of accommodation, or a form of accommodation that allows for greater independence, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Rehabilitation medicine: percentage of patients who have completed a rehabilitation program and for whom there is documented evidence of functional gain, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Rehabilitation medicine: percentage of separations for which there is appropriate multidisciplinary discharge documentation for a patient, during the 6 month time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Report availability: percentage of reports on radiographic examinations not available to the referring doctor within 24 hours of completion, during the 7 day time period. This updates a previously published measure summary.