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• American Heart Month (see related measures)

• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010189
 
• 2015 APR

High body mass index (BMI) follow-up: percentage of children who are either 1) obese or 2) overweight with a comorbid condition who have an outpatient care visit where weight is addressed subsequent to their initial diagnosis.

Quality Measurement, Evaluation, Testing, Review, and Implementation Consortium (Q-METRIC)

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:011315
 
• 2017 MAR
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Excess days in acute care (EDAC): hospital-level, 30-day risk-standardized EDAC following heart failure (HF).

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Yale-New Haven Health Services Corporation/Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation under contract to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008867
 
• 2013 MAY

Stable coronary artery disease: percentage of patients with diagnosis of stable coronary artery disease with systolic CHF (ejection fraction less than or equal to 40%) who are prescribed an ACE inhibitor or ARB.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009978
 
• 2014 SEP

Preventive services for adults: percentage of female patients age 45 years and older who have lipid screening every five years.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008350
 
• 2013 JAN

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) diagnosis and treatment: percentage of hospitalized patients with VTE who receive warfarin on day one of heparin therapy.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008006
 
• 2012 JUL

Diagnosis and treatment of ischemic stroke: percentage of patients who are not candidates for tPA treatment who receive aspirin within 24 hours of hospitalization, after a negative head CT, unless contraindicated.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008933
 
• 2013 JUL

Heart failure in adults: percentage of patients with heart failure diagnosis and LVSD who at the last clinic visit met the following (if eligible): prescribed or were on ACEI/ARB, prescribed or were on beta-blocker therapy, and a non-smoker.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010628
 
• 2015 OCT
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Cardiovascular conditions: the relative resource use by members with cardiovascular conditions during the measurement year.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009991
 
• 2015 MAR

Stroke: percentage of ischemic stroke patients treated with IV or IA thrombolytic (t-PA) therapy or who undergo mechanical endovascular reperfusion therapy for whom a 90 day (greater than or equal to 75 days and less than or equal to 105 days) Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) is obtained via telephone or in-person.

The Joint Commission

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010427
 
• 2016 JAN
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): percentage of ED patients with AMI and ST-segment elevation on the ECG closest to arrival time receiving fibrinolytic therapy during the ED stay and having a time from ED arrival to fibrinolysis of 30 minutes or less. [Update Pending]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008012
 
• 2012 JUL

Diagnosis and treatment of ischemic stroke: percentage of patients who receive appropriate intervention for hyperthermia.

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008870
 
• 2013 MAY

Stable coronary artery disease: percentage of patients with documentation in the medical record of prognostic assessment preceding or following a course of pharmacologic therapy.

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:004420
 
• 2003 JAN

Speech and language function: proportion of stroke patients in each risk-adjusted group that make at least one level of progress on the Attention Functional Communication Measure (FCM).

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010706
 
• 2016 JAN

Overuse of imaging: percentage of children, ages 2 through 17 years old, with post-traumatic headache who were evaluated in the ED within 24 hours after an injury, and imaging of the head (CT or MRI) was obtained in the absence of documented neurologic signs or symptoms that suggest intracranial hemorrhage or basilar skull fracture.

Quality Measurement, Evaluation, Testing, Review, and Implementation Consortium (Q-METRIC)

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008322
 
• 2012 NOV

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis: percentage of hospitalized patients at risk for VTE who have VTE education within 24 hours of admission that includes 1) VTE risk, 2) signs and symptoms, 3) early and frequent mobilization, and 4) clinically appropriate treatment/prophylaxis methods.

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:004414
 
• 2010 SEP

Chronic wound care: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of venous ulcer who received education regarding the need for long term compression therapy including interval replacement of compression stockings within the 12 month reporting period.

American Society of Plastic Surgeons; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010943
 
• 2014 DEC

Diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy: proportion of adults undergoing bronchoscopy who suffer a serious adverse event.

British Thoracic Society

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:004430
 
• 2003 JAN

Speech and language function: proportion of stroke patients in each risk-adjusted group that make at least one level of progress on the Swallowing Functional Communication Measure (FCM).

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010129
 
• 2015 OCT
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Stroke: percent of ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter who are prescribed anticoagulation therapy at hospital discharge.

The Joint Commission

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010880
 
• 2015 DEC

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD): risk-standardized rate of procedural complications following the first time implantation of an ICD.

Heart Rhythm Society