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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:007458
 
• 2011 AUG

Pediatric kidney disease: percentage of patients aged 17 years and younger with a diagnosis of ESRD on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis for whom there is documentation of a discussion regarding advance care planning.

American Society of Pediatric Nephrology; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®; Renal Physicians Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:000349
 
• 2002 OCT

Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD): percent of patients prescribed with calcitriol, alfacalcidol, or vitamin D analogues.

Renal Physicians Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010212
 
• 2015 FEB

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for abdominal imaging studies for asymptomatic patients aged 18 years and older with one or more of the following noted incidentally with follow-up imaging recommended: liver lesion less than or equal to 0.5 cm; cystic kidney lesion less than 1.0 cm; adrenal lesion less than or equal to 1.0 cm.

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

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:011106
 
• 2016 OCT

Renal cancer: proportion of patients who die within 30 or 90 days of treatment for renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

NHS Scotland; Scottish Cancer Taskforce

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:000335
 
• 2002 OCT

Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD): percent of patients with blood pressure checked at every erythropoietin or analogue dose.

Renal Physicians Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010871
 
• 2015 SEP
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

End stage renal disease (ESRD): percentage of patient months for all pediatric (< 18 years old) in-center hemodialysis patients in which the delivered dose of hemodialysis (calculated from the last measurement of the month using the UKM or Daugirdas II formula) was spKt/V ≥ 1.2.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:011109
 
• 2016 OCT

Renal cancer: proportion of patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who are assigned a Leibovich score following radical nephrectomy.

NHS Scotland; Scottish Cancer Taskforce

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:000358
 
• 2002 OCT

Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD): percent of patients with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) less than 100 mg/dL.

Renal Physicians Association

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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:009490
 
• 2014 JAN

End stage renal disease (ESRD): risk-adjusted standardized transfusion ratio (STrR) for dialysis facility patients.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:000355
 
• 2002 OCT

Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD): percent of patients with qualified nutritional counseling.

Renal Physicians Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:011112
 
• 2016 OCT

Renal cancer: proportion of patients with renal cancer who are enrolled in an interventional clinical trial or translational research.

NHS Scotland; Scottish Cancer Taskforce

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009697
 
• 2013 JAN

Adult trauma care: percentage of discharges of patients age 18 years and older with a primary injury diagnosis and one of the following secondary diagnoses: decubitus ulcer, hospital acquired infection, iatrogenic pneumothorax, foreign body left during procedure, myocardial infarction, acute renal failure.

Quality of Trauma in Adult Care (QTAC) Team, University of Calgary

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009909
 
• 2015 MAY
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

End stage renal disease (ESRD): percentage of ESRD patients aged 6 months and older receiving hemodialysis and/or peritoneal dialysis during the time from October 1 (or when the influenza vaccine became available) to March 31 who: 1) receive an influenza vaccination, or 2) were assessed and offered an influenza vaccination but decline, or 3) were assessed and determined to have a medical contraindication(s) to the influenza vaccination.

Kidney Care Quality Alliance

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:000341
 
• 2002 OCT

Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD): percent of patients with iPTH greater than 100 pg/mL (or greater than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal for each assay used) and/or phosphorus greater than 4.5 mg/dL and are prescribed a low phosphorus diet for 1 month.

Renal Physicians Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:000364
 
• 2002 OCT

Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD): percent of patients referred for surgery for construction of an arteriovenous (AV) fistula on index date.

Renal Physicians Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009499
 
• 2014 JAN
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

End stage renal disease (ESRD): risk-adjusted standardized hospitalization ratio (SHR) for dialysis facility patients.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:011101
 
• 2016 OCT

Renal cancer: proportion of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) undergoing cryotherapy or radiofrequency ablation as their first treatment who have a histological diagnosis (confirmed by biopsy) before commencing treatment.

NHS Scotland; Scottish Cancer Taskforce

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:000344
 
• 2002 OCT

Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD): percent of patients with iPTH greater than 100 pg/mL (or greater than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal for each assay used).

Renal Physicians Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010874
 
• 2015 SEP
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

End stage renal disease (ESRD): percentage of adult dialysis patients with a 3-month rolling average of total uncorrected calcium (serum or plasma) greater than 10.2 mg/dL (hypercalcemia).

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services