National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | New This Week ► Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

National Quality Measures Clearinghouse | New This Week

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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Assessment and management of chronic pain: percentage of chronic pain patients who are referred to diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures if the goals for pain control or functional status have not been met.  This updates a previously published measure summary.

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Assessment and management of chronic pain: percentage of patients diagnosed with chronic pain who are prescribed an opioid at a dose less than 100 mg per day of morphine.

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Assessment and management of chronic pain: percentage of patients diagnosed with chronic pain who are prescribed an opioid who have an opioid agreement form and urine toxicology screen documented in the medical record.  This updates a previously published measure summary.

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Assessment and management of chronic pain: percentage of patients diagnosed with chronic pain who are receiving opioids who have documentation of the four A's assessment: 1) the degree of analgesia, 2) current opioid-related side effects, 3) current functional status and 4) existence of aberrant drug-related behaviors documented at each visit.  This updates a previously published measure summary.

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Assessment and management of chronic pain: percentage of patients diagnosed with chronic pain who are screened for chemical dependency before being prescribed opioid medication.  This updates a previously published measure summary.

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Assessment and management of chronic pain: percentage of patients diagnosed with chronic pain who have documentation of a plan of care that addresses personal goals, sleep, physical activity, stress management and pain reduction in the medical record and identifies potential barriers to patient follow-up on plan of care.  This updates a previously published measure summary.

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Assessment and management of chronic pain: percentage of patients diagnosed with chronic pain who have not met pain control or functional status goals who are referred to pain specialist or interdisciplinary pain team.  This updates a previously published measure summary.

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Assessment and management of chronic pain: percentage of patients diagnosed with chronic pain with a diagnosis of neuropathic pain who are prescribed a sedative analgesic OR anticonvulsant prior to use of opioids.

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Assessment and management of chronic pain: percentage of patients diagnosed with chronic pain with documentation of reassessment of pain at follow-up visits using a standardized tool that addresses pain intensity, location, pattern and current functional status.  This updates a previously published measure summary.

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Assessment and management of chronic pain: percentage of patients diagnosed with chronic pain with documentation of receiving education regarding their diagnosis of chronic pain, medications, importance of physical activity and/or any interventional procedures in the medical record.  This updates a previously published measure summary.

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Assessment and management of chronic pain: percentage of patients diagnosed with chronic pain with documentation of screening for major depression and chemical dependency.  This updates a previously published measure summary.

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Assessment and management of chronic pain: percentage of patients diagnosed with chronic pain with functional outcome goals documented in the medical record.  This updates a previously published measure summary.

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Assessment and management of chronic pain: percentage of patients diagnosed with chronic pain with referral to physical rehabilitation and/or behavioral management therapy.  This updates a previously published measure summary.

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Assessment and management of chronic pain: percentage of patients with chronic pain diagnosis with documentation of a pain assessment completed at initial visit using a standardized tool that addresses pain intensity, location, pattern, mechanism of pain, current functional status and follow-up plan.  This updates a previously published measure summary.