NQMC Update Service: September 16, 2013 ▲ British Medical Association

NQMC Update Service: September 16, 2013

September 16, 2013

NQMC Update Service: September 16, 2013

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 09/16/2013 12:00 PM EDT

September 16, 2013

New This Week

Measure Summaries

British Medical Association

• Atrial fibrillation: the contractor establishes and maintains a register of patients with atrial fibrillation. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Atrial fibrillation: the percentage of patients with atrial fibrillation for whom there is a record of a CHADS₂ score of 1 (latest in the preceding 12 months) who are currently treated with anti-coagulation drug therapy or anti-platelet therapy.

• Atrial fibrillation: the percentage of patients with atrial fibrillation in whom stroke risk has been assessed using the CHADS₂ risk stratification scoring system in the preceding 12 months (excluding those whose previous CHADS₂ score is greater than 1).

• Atrial fibrillation: the percentage of patients with atrial fibrillation whose latest record of a CHADS₂ score is greater than 1 who are currently treated with anti-coagulation therapy.