NQMC Update Service:January 27, 2014 ▲ The Joint Commission

NQMC Update Service:January 27, 2014

January 27, 2014

NQMC Update Service:January 27, 2014

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 01/27/2014 12:00 PM EST

January 27, 2014

New This Week

Measure Summaries The Joint Commission Substance use: percent of discharged patients who screened positive for unhealthy alcohol use or who received a diagnosis of alcohol or drug disorder during their inpatient stay, who are contacted between 7 and 30 days after hospital discharge and follow-up information regarding their alcohol or drug use status post discharge is collected. This updates a previously published measure summary. Substance use: percent of hospitalized patients who are screened during the hospital stay using a validated screening questionnaire for unhealthy alcohol use. This updates a previously published measure summary. Substance use: percent of patients who are identified with alcohol or drug disorder who receive a prescription for FDA-approved medication for alcohol or drug use disorder or a referral for addictions treatment. This updates a previously published measure summary. Substance use: percent of patients who are identified with alcohol or drug use disorder who received or refused at discharge a prescription for FDA-approved medication for alcohol or drug disorder, or who received or refused a referral for addictions treatment. This updates a previously published measure summary. Substance use: percent of patients who screened positive for unhealthy alcohol use who received or refused a brief intervention during the hospital stay. This updates a previously published measure summary. Substance use: percent of patients who screened positive for unhealthy alcohol use who received the brief intervention during the hospital stay. This updates a previously published measure summary. Tobacco treatment: percent of discharged patients who are identified through the screening process as having used tobacco products (cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, pipe, and cigars) within the past 30 days who are contacted between 15 and 30 days after hospital discharge and follow-up information regarding tobacco use status is collected. This updates a previously published measure summary. Tobacco treatment: percent of hospitalized patients who are screened during the hospital stay for tobacco use (cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, pipe and cigars) within the past 30 days. This updates a previously published measure summary. Tobacco treatment: percent of patients identified as tobacco product users within the past 30 days who receive or refuse practical counseling to quit AND receive or refuse FDA-approved cessation medications during the hospital stay. This updates a previously published measure summary. Tobacco treatment: percent of patients identified as tobacco product users within the past 30 days who were referred to or refused evidence-based outpatient counseling AND received or refused a prescription for FDA-approved cessation medication upon discharge. This updates a previously published measure summary. Tobacco treatment: percent of patients who received counseling AND medication as well as those who received counseling and had reason for not receiving the medication. This updates a previously published measure summary. Tobacco treatment: percent of patients who were referred to evidence-based outpatient counseling AND received a prescription for FDA-approved cessation medication upon discharge as well as those who were referred to outpatient counseling and had reason for not receiving a prescription for medication. This updates a previously published measure summary