NQMC Update Service: March 13, 2017 - Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic New Developer

NQMC Update Service: March 13, 2017

Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic New Developer

• Pulmonary resection: percentage of patients over the age of 50 years undergoing pulmonary resection for whom an electrocardiogram (ECG) was obtained within 90 days before lung resection.
• Pulmonary resection: percentage of patients undergoing pulmonary resection for whom forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV₁) and diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide (DL_CO) was obtained within 365 days before lung resection.
• Pulmonary resection: percentage of patients undergoing pulmonary resection who are smoking at the time of or have quit within 30 days of pulmonary resection who have documentation that smoking cessation consultation was offered.
• Pulmonary resection: percentage of patients undergoing pulmonary resection who have documentation of at least one of the specified deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis modalities after surgery.
• Pulmonary resection: percentage of patients undergoing pulmonary resection who have documentation of the use of postoperative incentive spirometry.
• Pulmonary resection: percentage of patients undergoing pulmonary resection whose smoking history was documented preoperatively.
• Pulmonary resection: percentage of patients with lung cancer undergoing pulmonary resection who have documentation of at least one of the specified mediastinal staging procedures.