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Health Awareness Topics: May 2018

• National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month (see related measures)

• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:001616
 
• 2003 JAN

Asthma: average number of lost workdays and/or school days in the past 30 days.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Asthma Collaborative

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:001613
 
• 2003 JAN

Asthma: percent of patients with a reported exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at last visit.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Asthma Collaborative

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010878
 
• 2016 MAY

Pediatric asthma: percentage of children, ages 1 through 17 years with persistent asthma, who, during the measurement year, presented to a hospital emergency department (ED) for an asthma exacerbation and were prescribed an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) at the time of discharge.

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

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010332
 
• 2016 MAR

Occupational health: proportion of ever-employed adults with current asthma who report that their asthma was caused or made worse by exposures at work.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008022
 
• 2012 JUL

Diagnosis and management of asthma: percentage of discharged patients with asthma who are readmitted to hospital within 30 days of discharge.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010514
 
• 2015 OCT
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Medication management for people with asthma: percentage of members 5 to 85 years of age during the measurement year who were identified as having persistent asthma and who were dispensed an asthma controller medication that they remained on for at least 75% of their treatment period.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:001619
 
• 2003 JAN

Asthma: percent of patients with a documented screening for depression in the past 12 months.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Asthma Collaborative

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008019
 
• 2012 JUL

Diagnosis and management of asthma: percentage of patients with spirometry or peak flow at the last visit related to asthma.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009255
 
• 2015 JUL

Medication therapy for persons with asthma: percentage of patients with asthma during the measurement period who were dispensed more than 3 canisters of short acting beta2 agonist inhalers over a 90-day period and who did not receive controller therapy during the same 90-day period (absence of controller therapy).

Pharmacy Quality Alliance

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008025
 
• 2012 JUL

Diagnosis and management of asthma: percentage of patients whose asthma is not controlled or have change in medication or clinical status, who are seen by a health care clinician within two to six weeks.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009749
 
• 2014 AUG

Asthma: proportion of emergency department visits for asthma that meet criteria for the ED being the appropriate level of care among all ED visits for asthma in children and adolescents age 12 to 18 years old with identifiable asthma.

Collaboration for Advancing Pediatric Quality Measures

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:001611
 
• 2003 JAN

Asthma: percent of patients with documented self-management goals in the last 12 months.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Asthma Collaborative

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:001614
 
• 2003 JAN

Asthma: percent of patients evaluated for environmental triggers other than environmental tobacco smoke (dust mites, cats, dogs, molds/fungi, cockroaches) either by history of exposure and/or by allergy testing.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Asthma Collaborative

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:001617
 
• 2003 JAN

Asthma: percent of patients older than 5 years with moderate or severe persistent asthma who have established a "personal best" peak flow.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Asthma Collaborative

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010515
 
• 2015 OCT
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Asthma medication ratio: percentage of members 5 to 85 years of age who were identified as having persistent asthma and had a ratio of controller medications to total asthma medications of 0.50 or greater during the measurement year.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008020
 
• 2012 JUL

Diagnosis and management of asthma: percentage of patients with assessment of asthma control using a validated questionnaire at the last visit related to asthma.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009940
 
• 2014 NOV

Use of appropriate medications for people with asthma: percentage of patients 5 to 64 years of age during the measurement year who were identified as having persistent asthma and who were appropriately dispensed medication during the measurement year.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010412
 
• 2015 JAN

Asthma care: percentage of pediatric and adult patients who have been educated about his or her asthma and self-management of the condition and also has a written asthma management plan present.

MN Community Measurement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010737
 
• 2016 FEB

Pediatric asthma: percentage of children, ages 1 through 17 years old, identified as having asthma, regardless of severity, who are prescribed and dispensed a new medication delivery device and have documentation of the child or caregiver receiving education in the proper use of the device.

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

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:008023
 
• 2012 JUL

Diagnosis and management of asthma: percentage of patients with asthma who return to the emergency department for treatment of asthma within 30 days of last visit to the emergency department.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement