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• American Heart Month (see related measures)

• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:011294
 
• 2017 MAR
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): hospital 30-day, all-cause, unplanned risk-standardized readmission rate (RSRR) following AMI 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:008324
 
• 2012 NOV

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis: percentage of hospitalized patients on warfarin for whom current international normalized ratio is used to monitor and adjust therapy.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:004422
 
• 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 Fluency Functional Communication Measure (FCM).

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008858
 
• 2013 MAY

Stable coronary artery disease: percentage of patients with stable coronary artery disease who have demonstrated an understanding of how to respond in an acute cardiac event by "teaching back" as to how they would respond in the case of acute cardiac event.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:011306
 
• 2017 MAR

Stroke: hospital 30-day, all-cause, risk-standardized mortality rate (RMSR) following ischemic stroke 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:008003
 
• 2012 JUL

Diagnosis and treatment of ischemic stroke: percentage of patients initially presenting with acute symptoms of ischemic stroke within three hours, or up to 4.5 hours for patients meeting selected criteria, of stroke onset who are evaluated by a clinician within 10 minutes of arriving in the emergency department.

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008331
 
• 2012 NOV

Diagnosis and treatment of chest pain and acute coronary syndrome (ACS): percentage of patients with AMI who are referred to an appropriate cardiac rehabilitation program post-discharge.

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008462
 
• 2011 MAR

Neurointensive care and traumatology: percentage of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and subdural hematoma (SDH)/epidural hematoma (EDH) with intracranial hypertension undergoing surgical intervention within 2 hours.

Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care and Units Coronary

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008347
 
• 2013 JAN

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) diagnosis and treatment: percentage of adult patients with DVT who have been assessed for the need for graduated compression stockings (not T.E.D.s^TM).

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008439
 
• 2011 MAR

Cardiac care: percentage of patients with ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (STE-ACS) and indications for fibrinolytic treatment and door-needle time less than or equal to 30 minutes.

Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care and Units Coronary

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010422
 
• 2015 AUG
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Eye care: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy who had a dilated macular or fundus exam performed which included documentation of the level of severity of retinopathy AND the presence or absence of macular edema during one or more office visits within 12 months.

American Academy of Ophthalmology; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:005010
 
• 2009 FEB

Assessment and prevention of thrombotic and ischemic complications in patients undergoing procedures with pneumatic tourniquet: percentage of failures in monitoring ischemia time and pressure in surgical procedures using pneumatic tourniquet.

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:010131
 
• 2015 OCT
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Stroke: percent of ischemic stroke patients administered antithrombotic therapy by the end of hospital day 2.

The Joint Commission

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010778
 
• 2016 MAR

Adult depression in primary care: percentage of patients with cardiovascular disease with documentation of screening for major depression or persistent depressive disorder using either PHQ-2 or PHQ-9.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010023
 
• 2015 MAY

Stroke: age-standardized rate of new stroke events admitted to an acute care hospital per 100,000 population age 20 and older.

Canadian Institute for Health Information

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009972
 
• 2014 SEP

Preventive services for adults: percentage of female patients ages 55 to 79 years at risk for ischemic stroke who receive aspirin chemoprophylaxis counseling.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008861
 
• 2013 MAY

Stable coronary artery disease: percentage of patients with documentation in the medical record of receiving a pneumonia vaccination according to the CDC recommendations.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:000352
 
• 2002 OCT

Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD): percent of patients with blood pressure less than 130/80 mmHg on index date.

Renal Physicians Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008442
 
• 2011 MAR

Cardiac care: percentage of patients discharged from the critical care department with a main diagnosis of ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (STE-ACS) who died.

Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care and Units Coronary

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010518
 
• 2015 OCT

Statin therapy for patients with cardiovascular disease: percentage of males 21 to 75 years of age and females 40 to 75 years of age during the measurement year who were identified as having clinical ASCVD who were dispensed at least one high- or moderate-intensity statin medication.

National Committee for Quality Assurance