• Measure Summary
  • NQMC:006158
  • 2010 Apr

Cancer - information and care planning: percentage of patients with advanced cancer who died an expected death who were referred for palliative care prior to death (hospital-based or community hospice) or there was documentation why there was no referral.

RAND Corporation

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011003
  • 2016 Dec
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Palliative and end-of-life care: percentage of hospice or palliative care patients who screened positive for pain and who received a clinical assessment of pain within 24 hours of screening.

Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011006
  • 2016 Dec
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Palliative and end-of-life care: percentage of patients with chart documentation of preferences for life sustaining treatments.

Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011241
  • 2017 Feb

Lung cancer: proportion of patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) not undergoing treatment with curative intent who receive palliative chemotherapy.

NHS Scotland; Scottish Cancer Taskforce

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:006123
  • 2010 Apr

Cancer - pain: percentage of patients with cancer pain started on a long-acting opioid formulation for whom a short-acting opioid formulation for breakthrough pain was also provided.

RAND Corporation

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011004
  • 2016 Dec
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Palliative and end-of-life care: percentage of patients who screened positive for dyspnea who received treatment within 24 hours of screening.

Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010349
  • 2013 Jul
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Geriatrics: percentage of patients aged 65 years and older who have an advance care plan or surrogate decision maker documented in the medical record or documentation in the medical record that an advance care plan was discussed but the patient did not wish or was not able to name a surrogate decision maker or provide an advance care plan.

American Geriatrics Society; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:006124
  • 2010 Apr

Cancer - pain: percentage of patients with cancer pain started on chronic opioid treatment who were offered either a prescription or nonprescription bowel regimen within 24 hours or had documented contraindication to a bowel regimen.

RAND Corporation

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011005
  • 2016 Dec
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Palliative and end-of-life care: percentage of hospice or palliative care patients who were screened for dyspnea during the hospice admission evaluation/palliative care initial encounter.

Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011002
  • 2016 Dec
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Palliative and end-of-life care: percentage of hospice or palliative care patients who were screened for pain during the hospice admission evaluation/palliative care initial encounter.

Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill