NQMC Update Service: November 18, 2013 ▲ British Medical Association

NQMC Update Service: November 18, 2013

November 18, 2013

NQMC Update Service: November 18, 2013

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 11/18/2013 12:00 PM EST

November 18, 2013

New This Week

Measure Summaries

British Medical Association

• Hypertension: the contractor establishes and maintains a register of patients with established hypertension. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Hypertension: the percentage of patients aged 79 or under with hypertension in whom the last recorded blood pressure reading (measured in the preceding nine months) is 140/90 mmHg or less.

• Hypertension: the percentage of patients with hypertension aged 16 or over and who have not yet attained the age of 75 in whom there is an assessment of physical activity, using the General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPPAQ), in the preceding 12 months.

• Hypertension: the percentage of patients with hypertension aged 16 or over and who have not yet attained the age of 75 who score 'less than active' on the General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPPAQ) in the preceding 12 months who also have a record of a brief intervention in the preceding 12 months.

• Hypertension: the percentage of patients with hypertension in whom the last blood pressure (measured in the preceding nine months) is 150/90 mmHg or less. This updates a previously published measure summary.