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Acetaminophen use: percentage of patients prescribed acetaminophen who have risk factors for liver disease AND the percentage of patients treated with high-dose (greater than or equal to 4 gm/day) acetaminophen who are advised of the associated risk of liver toxicity.
Arthritis Foundation
RAND Health
University of Alabama at Birmingham
 2004 Jun.  NQMC:002170

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS): percent of patients hospitalized for ACS with cardiac symptoms prior to or on arrival to the acute setting who had an ECG performed 15 minutes prior to arrival in acute setting or within 10 minutes after arrival.  Veterans Health Administration  2007 Oct.  NQMC:002484

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): percentage of members 18 years of age and older during the measurement year who were hospitalized and discharged alive from July 1 of the year prior to the measurement year to June 30 of the measurement year with a diagnosis of AMI and who received persistent beta-blocker treatment for six months after discharge.  National Committee for Quality Assurance  2008 Jul.  NQMC:004234

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): percentage of patients with an AMI requiring thrombolysis who receive thrombolytic therapy within 1 hour of presentation to the emergency department, as their primary treatment, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004635

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): percentage of patients with an AMI who receive PTCA as their primary treatment and have balloon inflation within 1 hour of presentation to the emergency department, during the 6 month time period.  Australian Council on Healthcare Standards  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004636

Acute myocardial infarction/chest pain: median time from emergency department (ED) arrival to ECG (performed in the ED prior to transfer) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or chest pain patients (with probable cardiac chest pain).  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004292

Acute myocardial infarction/chest pain: percentage of emergency department (ED) acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients or chest pain patients (with probable cardiac chest pain) who received aspirin within 24 hours before ED arrival or prior to transfer.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004291

Acute myocardial infarction: median time from emergency department (ED) arrival to administration of fibrinolytic therapy in ED patients with ST-segment elevation or left bundle branch block (LBBB) on the electrocardiogram (ECG) performed closest to ED arrival and prior to transfer.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004288

Acute myocardial infarction: median time from hospital arrival to administration of fibrinolytic agent in patients with ST-segment elevation or LBBB on the ECG performed closest to hospital arrival time.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission  2008 Oct.  NQMC:004343

Acute myocardial infarction: median time from hospital arrival to primary PCI in patients with ST-segment elevation or LBBB on the ECG performed closest to hospital arrival time.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission  2008 Oct.  NQMC:004345

Acute myocardial infarction: median time to transfer to another facility for acute coronary intervention.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  2009 Jan.  NQMC:004290

Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients receiving fibrinolytic therapy during the hospital stay and having a time from hospital arrival to fibrinolysis of 30 minutes or less.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission  2008 Oct.  NQMC:004344

Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients receiving primary PCI during the hospital stay with a time from hospital arrival to PCI of 90 minutes or less.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission  2008 Oct.  NQMC:004346

Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients with a history of smoking cigarettes who receive smoking cessation advice or counseling during the hospital stay.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission  2008 Oct.  NQMC:004340

Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients with documentation of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) level in the hospital record or documentation that LDL-c testing was done during the hospital stay or is planned for after discharge.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  2008 Oct.  NQMC:004348

Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c greater than or equal to 100 mg/dL or narrative equivalent) who are prescribed a lipid-lowering medication at hospital discharge.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  2008 Oct.  NQMC:004349

Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients with LVSD and without both ACEI and ARB contraindications who are prescribed an ACEI or ARB at hospital discharge.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission  2008 Oct.  NQMC:004339

Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients without aspirin contraindications who are prescribed aspirin at hospital discharge.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission  2008 Oct.  NQMC:004338

Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients without aspirin contraindications who received aspirin within 24 hours before or after hospital arrival.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission  2008 Oct.  NQMC:004337

Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients without beta-blocker contraindications who are prescribed a beta-blocker at hospital discharge.  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission  2008 Oct.  NQMC:004341

        




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