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• National Stroke Awareness Month (see related measures)

• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:002905
 
• 2010 SEP

Stroke and stroke rehabilitation: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with the diagnosis of ischemic stroke or intracranial hemorrhage who received DVT prophylaxis by end of hospital day 2.

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

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009991
 
• 2015 MAR

Stroke: percentage of ischemic stroke patients treated with IV or IA thrombolytic (t-PA) therapy or who undergo mechanical endovascular reperfusion therapy for whom a 90 day (greater than or equal to 75 days and less than or equal to 105 days) Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) is obtained via telephone or in-person.

The Joint Commission

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:004420
 
• 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 Attention Functional Communication Measure (FCM).

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:004430
 
• 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 Swallowing Functional Communication Measure (FCM).

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010129
 
• 2015 OCT
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Stroke: percent of ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter who are prescribed anticoagulation therapy at hospital discharge.

The Joint Commission

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:004423
 
• 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 Memory Functional Communication Measure (FCM).

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:011359
 
• 2018 JAN
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Stroke: percentage of ED acute ischemic stroke or hemorrhagic stroke patients who arrive at the ED within 2 hours of the onset of symptoms who have a head CT or MRI scan performed during the stay and having a time from ED arrival to interpretation of the head CT or MRI scan within 45 minutes of arrival.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:009381
 
• 2013 NOV

Lipid management in adults: percentage of patients with established ASCVD, or 10-year CHD risk greater than or equal to 10%, or diabetes and on lipid-lowering therapy who remain on lipid-lowering pharmacotherapy 12 months after therapy was prescribed.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:004427
 
• 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 Reading Functional Communication Measure (FCM).

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:002912
 
• 2010 SEP

Stroke and stroke rehabilitation: percentage of final reports for CT or MRI studies of the brain performed either in the hospital within 24 hours of arrival or in an outpatient imaging center to confirm initial diagnosis of ischemic stroke, TIA, or intracranial hemorrhage.

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

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• MEASURE SUMMARY
 
• NQMC:010779
 
• 2016 MAR

Adult depression in primary care: percentage of patients who had a stroke 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:009997
 
• 2015 MAR

Stroke: percentage of ischemic stroke patients with a post-treatment reperfusion grade of thrombolysis in cerebral infarction (TICI) 2B or higher in the vascular territory beyond the target arterial occlusion at the end of treatment with IA thrombolytic (t-PA) therapy and/or mechanical endovascular reperfusion therapy.

The Joint Commission

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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: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: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:010132
 
• 2015 OCT
• NQF-ENDORSED MEASURE

Stroke: percent of ischemic stroke patients who are prescribed a statin medication at hospital discharge.

The Joint Commission