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• American Heart Month (see related measures)

• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010564
 
• 2015 OCT

Aspirin use and discussion: percentage of women 56 to 79 years of age and men 46 to 79 years of age who discussed the risks and benefits of using aspirin with a doctor or other health provider.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008471
 
• 2011 MAR

Neurointensive care and traumatology: percentage of patients with ischemic stroke susceptible to fibrinolysis in patients examined by CT within 2 hours.

Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care and Units Coronary

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:011304
 
• 2017 MAR
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Heart failure (HF): hospital 30-day, all-cause, risk-standardized mortality rate (RSMR) 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:011298
 
• 2017 MAR

Stroke: hospital 30-day, all-cause, unplanned risk-standardized readmission rate (RSRR) 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:009378
 
• 2013 NOV

Lipid management in adults: percentage of patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), or a 10-year risk for CHD greater than or equal to 10%, or diabetes, who are on a statin or have LDL less than 100 ml/dL within a 12-month period.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:000353
 
• 2002 OCT

Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD): percent of patients on angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs).

Renal Physicians Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010527
 
• 2015 OCT

Statin therapy for patients with diabetes: percentage of members 40 to 75 years of age during the measurement year with diabetes who do not have ASCVD who were dispensed at least one statin medication of any intensity.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:011310
 
• 2017 MAR
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): hospital-level, risk-standardized payment associated with a 30-day episode of care for AMI.

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:008434
 
• 2011 MAR

Cardiac care: percentage of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) administered acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) in the first 24 hours.

Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care and Units Coronary

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008443
 
• 2011 MAR

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

Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care and Units Coronary

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008007
 
• 2012 JUL

Diagnosis and treatment of ischemic stroke: percentage of eligible patients receiving tPA according to guideline.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008345
 
• 2013 JAN

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) diagnosis and treatment: percentage of patients with VTE treated with LMWH who receive heparin treatment for at least five days after the initiation of warfarin therapy and until INR is greater than or equal to 2.0 for two consecutive days.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010002
 
• 2015 MAR

Heart failure (HF): percentage of HF patients who have documentation in the medical record that an advance directive was executed.

The Joint Commission

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010029
 
• 2015 MAY

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): the risk-adjusted rate of all-cause in-hospital death occurring within 30 days of first admission to an acute care hospital with a diagnosis of AMI.

Canadian Institute for Health Information

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010883
 
• 2015 NOV
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Atrial fibrillation ablation: rate of cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis following atrial fibrillation ablation.

Heart Rhythm Society

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010691
 
• 2015 DEC
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Hematology: percentage of patients with multiple myeloma ever treated with a bisphosphonate.

American Society of Hematology

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:000356
 
• 2002 OCT

Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD): percent of patients screened for dyslipidemia within 1 year.

Renal Physicians Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:004431
 
• 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 Voice Functional Communication Measure (FCM).

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010801
 
• 2016 APR
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Heart failure: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of heart failure with a current or prior LVEF less than 40% who were prescribed beta-blocker therapy either within a 12 month period when seen in the outpatient setting or at each hospital discharge.

Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008865
 
• 2013 MAY

Stable coronary artery disease: percentage of patients with a documented blood pressure in the medical record of 140/90 mmHg or less.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement