NQMC Update Service: January 12, 2015 ▲ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission

NQMC Update Service: January 12, 2015

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission

• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): median time from arrival to administration of fibrinolytic therapy in AMI patients with ST-segment elevation or LBBB on the ECG performed closest to hospital arrival time. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): median time from hospital arrival to primary PCI in AMI patients with ST-segment elevation or LBBB on the ECG performed closest to hospital arrival time. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): percent of patients who are prescribed a beta-blocker at hospital discharge.This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): percent of patients who are prescribed a statin at hospital discharge. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): percent of patients who are prescribed aspirin at hospital discharge. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): percent of patients who received aspirin within 24 hours before or after hospital arrival. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): percent of patients with LVSD who are prescribed an ACEI or ARB at hospital discharge. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): percent of patients with ST-segment elevation or LBBB on the ECG closest to arrival time receiving fibrinolytic therapy during the hospital stay and having a time from hospital arrival to fibrinolysis of 30 minutes or less. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): percent of patients with ST-segment elevation or LBBB on the ECG closest to arrival time receiving primary PCI during the hospital stay with a time from hospital arrival to PCI of 90 minutes or less. This updates a previously published measure summary.