NQMC Update Service: November 3, 2014 ► Quality Measurement, Evaluation, Testing, Review, and Implementation Consortium (Q-METRIC)

NQMC Update Service: November 3, 2014

Quality Measurement, Evaluation, Testing, Review, and Implementation Consortium (Q-METRIC)

• Sickle cell disease (SCD): percentage of children in a state ages 2 through 15 years old with sickle SCD who received transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography during the measurement year.

• Sickle cell disease (SCD): percentage of children in a state between the ages of 3 months and 5 years diagnosed with SCD who received appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis for at least 300 days during the measurement year.

• Sickle cell disease (SCD): percentage of children in a state between the ages of 3 months and 5 years diagnosed with SCD who received appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis for at least 350 days during the measurement year.

• Sickle cell disease (SCD): percentage of children who, having initially tested positive for SCD through newborn screening, received confirmatory testing by 3 months of age.

• Sickle cell disease (SCD): percentage of children whose confirmatory testing results were communicated to their families by 4 months of age.

• Sickle cell disease (SCD): percentage of children with a newborn screen positive for SCD who receive appropriate preventive antibiotics by 3 months of age.