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• American Heart Month (see related measures)

• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008446
 
• 2011 MAR

Cardiac care: does the hospital's heart surgery unit have a registry that includes most of the specified indicators?

Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care and Units Coronary

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010381
 
• 2015 MAR
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Heart failure mortality: percentage of in-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with heart failure as a principal diagnosis for patients ages 18 years and older.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008354
 
• 2013 JAN

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) diagnosis and treatment: percentage of patients with VTE who are prescribed UFH and LMWH who have appropriate laboratory tests (platelets, PTT for those on UFH) available to monitor and adjust therapy.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010125
 
• 2015 OCT

Venous thromboembolism (VTE): percent of patients diagnosed with confirmed VTE that are discharged to home, home care, court/law enforcement or home on hospice care on warfarin with written discharge instructions that address all four criteria: compliance issues, dietary advice, follow-up monitoring, and information about the potential for adverse drug reactions/interactions.

The Joint Commission

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009995
 
• 2015 MAR

Stroke: percentage of SAH patients for whom nimodipine treatment was administered within 24 hours of arrival at the hospital.

The Joint Commission

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008320
 
• 2012 NOV

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis: percentage of adult hospitalized patients who have a VTE risk assessment within 24 hours of admission.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:004429
 
• 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 Spoken Language Expression Functional Communication Measure (FCM).

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:011296
 
• 2017 MAR
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Heart failure (HF): hospital 30-day, all-cause, unplanned risk-standardized readmission rate (RSRR) following HF hospitalization.

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:008013
 
• 2012 JUL

Diagnosis and treatment of ischemic stroke: percentage of patients with dehydration who receive IV fluids.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010971
 
• 2016 DEC
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Thoracic surgery: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older undergoing elective lung resection for lung cancer who developed any of the specified postoperative complications.

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:002906
 
• 2010 SEP

Stroke and stroke rehabilitation: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with the diagnosis of ischemic stroke or TIA who were prescribed antiplatelet therapy at discharge.

American Academy of Neurology; American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

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The American Heart Association's "Get With The Guidelines" Program: Key Findings and Lessons Learned

By: Gregg C. Fonarow, MD

• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:004986
 
• 2009 FEB

Prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE): does the hospital have guidelines or protocol for prevention of VTE?

Grupo de Investigación sobre Gestión de la Calidad en Servicios de Salud, University of Murcia, under contract to the Spanish Ministry of Health

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010803
 
• 2016 MAR
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Chronic stable coronary artery disease: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease seen within a 12 month period who also have prior MI or a current or prior LVEF less than 40% who were prescribed beta-blocker therapy.

Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008868
 
• 2013 MAY

Stable coronary artery disease: percentage of patients with a diagnosis of stable coronary artery disease and chronic kidney disease who are prescribed an ACE inhibitor or ARB.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:004419
 
• 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 Alaryngeal Communication Functional Communication Measure (FCM).

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009947
 
• 2014 NOV
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Comprehensive adult diabetes care: percentage of patients 18 to 75 years of age with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who had a foot exam (visual inspection, a sensory exam with monofilament and a pulse exam) during the measurement year.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010127
 
• 2015 OCT
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Stroke: percent of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients who received VTE prophylaxis or who have documentation why no VTE prophylaxis was given the day of or the day after hospital admission.

The Joint Commission

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008860
 
• 2013 MAY

Stable coronary artery disease: percentage of patients with cardiovascular disease who received an annual influenza vaccination.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010517
 
• 2015 OCT
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Persistence of beta-blocker treatment after a heart attack: percentage of members 18 years of age and older during the measurement year who were hospitalized and discharged from July 1 of the year prior to the measurement year to June 30 of the measurement year with a diagnosis of AMI and who received persistent beta-blocker treatment for six months after discharge.

National Committee for Quality Assurance