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“Digestive System Diseases”

• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009982
 
• 2014 SEP

Preventive services for adults: percentage of patients ages 76 to 85 years old who are screened for colorectal cancer, unless there are significant considerations that support screening.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:011007
 
• 2017 JAN

Intra-procedure colonoscopy complication rate: percentage of patients who developed one or more intra-procedure colonoscopy complications.

AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement, Performance Measurement Initiative, Colonoscopy Work Group

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009933
 
• 2014 NOV
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Colorectal cancer screening: percentage of patients 50 to 75 years of age who had appropriate screening for colorectal cancer.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010931
 
• 2016 OCT
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Colorectal cancer screening: percentage of members 50 to 75 years of age who had appropriate screening for colorectal cancer.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010362
 
• 2014 FEB
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Pathology: percentage of colon and rectum cancer resection pathology reports that include the pT category (primary tumor), the pN category (regional lymph nodes) and the histologic grade.

College of American Pathologists

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010962
 
• 2016 SEP

Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) endoscopy: percentage of endoscopy reports with accurate application of standardized disease-related terminology.

European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010672
 
• 2013 JAN

Cancer screening: percentage of individuals aged 50 to 74 years who had a fecal occult blood test (FOBT) performed during the measurement year or a colonoscopy during the previous nine years (including the measurement year).

The Israel National Program for Quality Indicators in Community Healthcare

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009983
 
• 2014 SEP

Preventive services for adults: percentage of patients over age 86 years who are screened for colorectal cancer.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010442
 
• 2016 JAN
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Outpatient colonoscopy: facility level rate of risk-standardized, all-cause, unplanned hospital visits within 7 days of an outpatient colonoscopy.[Update Pending]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010004
 
• 2014 OCT

Preventive services: percentage of adult enrolled members age 19 years and older who are up-to-date for all appropriate preventive services (combination 3).

HealthPartners

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010473
 
• 2015 SEP
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Oncology: percentage of patients aged 18 through 80 years with American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Stage III colon cancer who are referred for adjuvant chemotherapy, prescribed adjuvant chemotherapy, or have previously received adjuvant chemotherapy within the 12 month reporting period.

American Society for Radiation Oncology; American Society of Clinical Oncology; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010736
 
• 2015 NOV
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Oncology: percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of breast, rectal, pancreatic or lung cancer receiving 3D conformal radiation therapy who had documentation in medical record that radiation dose limits to normal tissues were established prior to the initiation of a course of 3D conformal radiation for a minimum of two tissues.

American Society for Radiation Oncology

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010755
 
• 2015 NOV

Colorectal cancer screening: percentage of patients greater than 85 years of age who received a screening colonoscopy from January 1 to December 31.

American College of Gastroenterology; American Gastroenterological Association; American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010222
 
• 2015 MAR

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of exams with confirming colonoscopies for a greater than or equal to 10 mm polyp detected by CT colonography (CTC) (true positive rate).

American College of Radiology

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009975
 
• 2014 SEP

Preventive services for adults: percentage of patients ages 50 to 75 years who have one or more of the following screenings: colonoscopy in past 10 years, flexible sigmoidoscopy in past five years, and fecal occult blood test (FOBT) annually.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:011008
 
• 2017 JAN
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Colorectal cancer screening: percentage of patients aged 50 to 75 years receiving a screening colonoscopy without biopsy or polypectomy who had a recommended follow-up interval of at least 10 years for repeat colonoscopy documented in their colonoscopy report.

American College of Gastroenterology; American Gastroenterological Association; American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010223
 
• 2015 MAR

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of all computed tomography colonography (CTC) exams, either screening or diagnostic, with a clinically significant extracolonic finding, not otherwise known based on the history provided or based on a prior imaging procedure at the institution.

American College of Radiology

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010005
 
• 2014 OCT

Preventive services: percentage of adult enrolled members age 19 years and older who are up-to-date for all appropriate preventive services (combination 6).

HealthPartners