• Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010710
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Short-stay nursing home care: percent of residents who self-report moderate to severe pain.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; RTI International

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011030
  • 2016 Mar
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Pancreatic resection mortality: percentage of in-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with pancreatic resection, ages 18 years and older.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:000345
  • 2002 Oct

Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD): percent of patients with phosphorus greater than 4.5 mg/dL.

Renal Physicians Association

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:007610
  • 2016 Mar

Home health care: percentage of home health episodes of care during which the patient improved in ability to transfer on/off and to/from the toilet.

Center for Health Services Research, University of Colorado, under contract to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010384
  • 2015 Mar
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Pneumonia mortality: percentage of in-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with pneumonia as a principal diagnosis for patients ages 18 years and older.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:001598
  • 2006 Jun

Diabetes mellitus: percent of patients with blood pressure reading less than 130/80 in the last 12 months.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Diabetes Collaborative

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:001592
  • 2006 Jun

Diabetes mellitus: average HbA1c value for diabetic patients in the clinical information system.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Diabetes Collaborative

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010522
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Comprehensive diabetes care: percentage of members 18 to 75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) whose most recent hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level is less than 8.0% (controlled).

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:007630
  • 2016 Mar

Home health care: percentage of home health episodes of care during which the patient's ability to prepare light meals improved or stayed the same as at admission.

Center for Health Services Research, University of Colorado, under contract to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:004942
  • 2008 Feb

Post-acute care functional status: mean change score in applied cognitive function of patients in a post-acute care setting as assessed using the "Applied Cognition" domain of the Activity Measure for Post-acute Care (AM-PAC).

Boston University Health & Disability Research Institute

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009645
  • 2014 Feb

Urinary incontinence (UI): percentage of patients experiencing complications as a result of an indwelling catheter (such as pain, bleeding, blockage, or urosepsis).

American Medical Directors Association

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:004421
  • 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 Augmentative-Alternative Communication Functional Communication Measure (FCM).

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010646
  • 2015 Jan
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Perinatal care: proportion of nosocomial bacterial infection for eligible infants whose birth weight is between 401 and 1500 grams or whose gestational age is between 22 and 29 weeks.

Vermont Oxford Network

  • 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

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010053
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Ambulatory surgery: percentage of Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) admissions experiencing a wrong site, wrong side, wrong patient, wrong procedure, or wrong implant.

Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Quality Collaboration

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:002657
  • 2011 Jan

Mental health/substance abuse: mean of patients' change scores on the "Depression/Functioning" subscale of the BASIS-24® survey.

Eisen, Susan V., PhD

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:004426
  • 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 Problem Solving Functional Communication Measure (FCM).

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010387
  • 2015 Mar
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Pressure ulcer: percentage of stage III or IV pressure ulcers per 1,000 discharges for patients ages 17 years and younger.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010381
  • 2015 Mar
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Heart failure mortality: percentage of in-hospital deaths per 1,000 discharges with heart failure as a principal diagnosis for patients ages 18 years and older.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:007613
  • 2016 Mar
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Home health care: percentage of home health episodes of care during which the patient's frequency of pain when moving around improved.

Center for Health Services Research, University of Colorado, under contract to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services