NQMC Update Service: September 21, 2015 ► Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

NQMC Update Service: September 21, 2015

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• Immunization: percent of acute care hospitalized inpatients age 6 months and older who were screened for seasonal influenza immunization status and were vaccinated prior to discharge, if indicated. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Surgical care improvement project: percent of cardiac surgery patients with controlled postoperative blood glucose. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Surgical care improvement project: percent of patients who received prophylactic antibiotics consistent with current guidelines. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Surgical care improvement project: percent of patients who received prophylactic antibiotics within one hour prior to surgical incision. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Surgical care improvement project: percent of patients whose prophylactic antibiotics were discontinued within 24 hours after Anesthesia End Time. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Surgical care improvement project: percent of surgery patients on beta-blocker therapy prior to arrival who received a beta-blocker during the perioperative period. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Surgical care improvement project: percent of surgery patients who received appropriate VTE prophylaxis within 24 hours prior to Anesthesia Start Time to 24 hours after Anesthesia End Time. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Surgical care improvement project: percent of surgical patients with urinary catheter removed on postoperative day 1 or postoperative day 2 with the day of surgery being day zero. This updates a previously published measure summary.