• Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009260
  • 2015 Jul
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Antipsychotic use in persons with dementia: percentage of individuals 65 years and older with dementia who are receiving an antipsychotic medication without evidence of a psychotic disorder or related condition.

Pharmacy Quality Alliance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009905
  • 2015 Jul

Primary medication non-adherence: percentage of prescriptions for chronic medications e-prescribed by a prescriber and not obtained by the patient in the following 30 days.

Pharmacy Quality Alliance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011025
  • 2015 Jan

Symptom control during chemotherapy: percentage of chemotherapy patients 18 years of age and older for whom a symptom severity assessment was completed during days 5 to 15 of the chemotherapy cycle using the specified patient‐reported outcome tool.

MN Community Measurement

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009906
  • 2015 Jul

Use of benzodiazepine sedative-hypnotic medications in the elderly: percentage of individuals 65 years of age and older who received two or more prescription fills for any benzodiazepine sedative-hypnotic for a cumulative period of more than 90 days.

Pharmacy Quality Alliance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009245
  • 2015 Jul

Proportion of days covered (PDC): percentage of patients who filled at least two prescriptions for a dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor on two unique dates of service who met the PDC threshold of 80% during the measurement period.

Pharmacy Quality Alliance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009907
  • 2015 Jul

Antipsychotic use in persons with dementia: percentage of long-stay nursing home residents with dementia who are persistently receiving an antipsychotic medication without evidence of a psychotic disorder or related condition.

Pharmacy Quality Alliance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009248
  • 2015 Jul

Proportion of days covered (PDC): percentage of patients who filled at least two prescriptions for a non-warfarin oral anticoagulant on two unique dates of service at least 180 days apart, received greater than 60 days supply of the medication, and who met the PDC threshold of 80% during the measurement period.

Pharmacy Quality Alliance