• Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008296
  • 2013 Jan

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): proportion of outpatients with COPD and a Medical Research Council (MRC) level of more than 3 who are offered participation in pulmonary rehabilitation at least once every three years.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008299
  • 2013 Jan

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): proportion of outpatients with COPD receiving inhalation therapy who have their inhaler technique checked at least once a year.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:005609
  • 2009 Aug
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Language services: the percent of patient visits and admissions where preferred spoken language for health care is screened and recorded.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:005612
  • 2009 Aug

Language services: the percent of encounters where the wait time for an interpreter is 15 minutes or less.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008294
  • 2013 Jan

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): proportion of outpatients with COPD whose smoking status is determined and recorded at least once a year.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008291
  • 2013 Jan

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): proportion of outpatients with COPD for whom the FEV1 as a percentage of predicted is measured and recorded at least once a year.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:005613
  • 2009 Aug

Language services: the percent of clinical encounters where interpreters wait less than 15 minutes to provide interpreter services to provider and patient.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:005610
  • 2009 Aug

Language services: the percent of patient visits and admissions where preferred written language for health care is screened and recorded.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008292
  • 2013 Jan

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): proportion of outpatients with COPD for whom the body mass index (BMI) is calculated and recorded at least once a year.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:005611
  • 2009 Aug
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Language services: the percent of limited English-proficient (LEP) patients receiving both initial assessment and discharge instructions supported by assessed and trained interpreters or from bilingual providers and bilingual workers/employees assessed for language proficiency.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008300
  • 2013 Jan

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): proportion of patients admitted for acute exacerbation of COPD who receive non-invasive ventilation (NIV) during the course of hospitalization.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008293
  • 2013 Jan

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): proportion of outpatients with COPD for whom shortness of breath is a measured and recorded using the Medical Research Council (MRC) scale at least once a year.

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:005614
  • 2009 Aug

Language services: the percent of work time interpreters spend providing interpretation in clinical encounters with patients and providers.