NQMC Update Service: January 4, 2016 || National Committee for Quality Assurance

NQMC Update Service: January 4, 2016

Measure Summaries

National Committee for Quality Assurance

• Geriatrics: percentage of female patients aged 65 years and older who were assessed for the presence or absence of urinary incontinence within 12 months. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Geriatrics: percentage of female patients aged 65 years and older with a diagnosis of urinary incontinence whose urinary incontinence was characterized at least once within 12 months. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Geriatrics: percentage of female patients aged 65 years and older with a diagnosis of urinary incontinence with a documented plan of care for urinary incontinence at least once within 12 months. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Geriatrics: percentage of patients aged 65 years and older discharged from any inpatient facility (e.g., hospital, skilled nursing facility, or rehabilitation facility) and seen within 30 days of discharge in the office by the physician, prescribing practitioner, registered nurse, or clinical pharmacist who had reconciliation of the discharge medications with the current medication list in the outpatient medical record documented. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Geriatrics: percentage of patients aged 65 years and older who have an advance care plan or surrogate decision maker documented in the medical record or documentation in the medical record that an advance care plan was discussed but the patient did not wish or was not able to name a surrogate decision maker or provide an advance care plan. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Geriatrics: percentage of patients aged 65 years and older who were screened for future fall risk at least once within 12 months. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Geriatrics: percentage of patients aged 65 years and older with a history of falls who had a plan of care for falls documented within 12 months. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Geriatrics: percentage of patients aged 65 years and older with a history of falls who had a risk assessment for falls completed within 12 months. This updates a previously published measure summary.