• Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010208
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of imaging studies for patients aged 18 years and older with knee pain who undergo knee MRI or MRA who are known to have had knee radiographs performed within the preceding three months based on information from the radiology information system (RIS), patient-provided radiological history, or other health-care source.

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

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:006375
  • 2009 Jun

Pancreatic cancer: percentage of patients undergoing cancer-directed resection for whom the tumor histology is recorded.

American College of Surgeons

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010460
  • 2016 Jan
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Hepatitis C: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of chronic hepatitis C who are receiving antiviral treatment for whom quantitative hepatitis C virus (HCV) ribonucleic acid (RNA) testing was performed between 4 and 12 weeks after the initiation of antiviral treatment.

American Gastroenterological Association

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008449
  • 2011 Mar

Acute respiratory failure: percentage of circuits used per 7-day blocks of mechanical ventilation (MV).

Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care and Units Coronary

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011174
  • 2016 Nov

Melanoma: percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a current diagnosis of stage 0 through IIC melanoma or a history of melanoma of any stage, without signs or symptoms suggesting systemic spread, seen for an office visit during the one-year measurement period, for whom no diagnostic imaging studies were ordered.

American Academy of Dermatology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • 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.

Competence Centre for Clinical Quality and Health Informatics West; The Danish registry for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:007211
  • 2009 Nov

Melanoma: percentage of patients with melanoma who have biopsy-proven, palpable nodal disease who do not undergo sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB).

American College of Surgeons

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010211
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for CT or MRI studies of the chest or neck or ultrasound of the neck for patients aged 18 years and older with no known thyroid disease with a thyroid nodule less than 1.0 cm noted incidentally with follow-up imaging recommended.

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

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:006378
  • 2009 Jun

Pancreatic cancer: percentage of patients undergoing cancer-directed resection for whom the margin status is recorded.

American College of Surgeons

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:001595
  • 2006 Jun

Diabetes mellitus: percent of patients 40 years and older who have a current prescription for statins.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Diabetes Collaborative

  • 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.

Competence Centre for Clinical Quality and Health Informatics West; The Danish registry for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:006401
  • 2009 Jun

Pancreatic cancer: percentage of patients undergoing resection for whom the surgeon documents intraoperative findings in the operative note including the absence of 1) regional arterial involvement, 2) metastatic disease (liver, peritoneal, omental), and 3) distant adenopathy.

American College of Surgeons

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010803
  • 2016 Mar
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Chronic stable coronary artery disease: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease seen within a 12 month period who also have prior MI or a current or prior LVEF less than 40% who were prescribed beta-blocker therapy.

Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:001622
  • 2005 Jan

Depression: percent of clinically significant depression patients who have a documented Current Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) reassessment between 4 to 8 weeks after their last New Episode PHQ.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Depression Collaborative

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:001604
  • 2006 Jun

Diabetes mellitus: percent of patients 12 to 70 years of age who are not already on angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) and have had a microalbuminuria screening test in the last 12 months.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Diabetes Collaborative

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:007200
  • 2009 Nov

Melanoma: percentage of patients who undergo an axillary lymph node dissection (LND) or completion lymph node dissection (CLND) for melanoma for whom at least 10 regional lymph nodes are resected and pathologically examined.

American College of Surgeons

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:006384
  • 2009 Jun

Pancreatic cancer: percentage of patients undergoing resection for whom the College of American Pathologists checklist or equivalent reporting system is followed and fully documented.

American College of Surgeons

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:006381
  • 2009 Jun

Pancreatic cancer: percentage of patients undergoing resection of a pancreatic head lesion for whom the surgeon documents complete removal of all pancreatic tissue, lymph nodes, and connective tissue between the edge of the uncinate process and the right lateral wall of the superior mesenteric artery in the operative note.

American College of Surgeons

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010658
  • 2015 Oct

Perioperative care: percentage of patients, regardless of age, who undergo a surgical procedure under anesthesia who have documentation that all applicable safety checks from the World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist were performed before induction of anesthesia.

American Society of Anesthesiologists; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010216
  • 2016 Jan

Optimizing patient exposure to ionizing radiation: percentage of final reports for CT imaging studies of the thorax for patients aged 18 years and older with documented follow-up recommendations for incidentally detected pulmonary nodules based at a minimum on nodule size and patient risk factors.

American College of Radiology; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®