• 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:010249
  • 2014 Jan

Epilepsy: percentage of all patients with a diagnosis of epilepsy with active anti-seizure therapy side effects for whom an intervention was discussed.

American Academy of Neurology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008351
  • 2013 Jan

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) diagnosis and treatment: percentage of patients with VTE who are initially prescribed warfarin therapy with documentation in the medical record indicating a baseline INR was obtained.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008489
  • 2011 Mar

Metabolism and nutrition: percentage of patients with enteral nutrition (EN) correctly monitored.

Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care and Units Coronary

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008512
  • 2011 Mar

Toxicology: percentage of appropriately indicated renal replacement therapy (RRT) procedures.

Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care and Units Coronary

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010950
  • 2014 Dec

Diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy: proportion of patients diagnosed with malignancy where sufficient tissue was obtained for genetic profiling/all tissue sent for profiling.

British Thoracic Society

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010759
  • 2014 Nov

Epilepsy: percentage of children with epilepsy who were commenced on antiepileptic drugs referred for input by an epilepsy specialist nurse by 1 year.

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008534
  • 2011 Mar

Bioethics: percentage of informed written consent forms correctly filled out.

Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care and Units Coronary

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:005006
  • 2009 Feb

Assessment of risk and prevention of malnutrition: percentage of intensive care unit (ICU) patients who are assessed for risk of malnutrition within 24 hours after admission.

Grupo de Investigación sobre Gestión de la Calidad en Servicios de Salud, University of Murcia, under contract to the Spanish Ministry of Health

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:007499
  • 2012 Jan

Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment protocol: percentage of patients with documentation in the medical record that a head-to-toe skin inspection and palpation were completed within six hours of admission.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011041
  • 2016 Jan

Ovarian cancer: proportion of patients with early stage epithelial ovarian cancer (FIGO stage 1) undergoing primary surgery who have an adequate staging operation involving total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH), bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO), omentectomy and washings.

NHS Scotland; Scottish Cancer Taskforce

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:005023
  • 2009 Feb

Standardized methods for labeling, packaging and storing medications: percentage of failures in labeling, conservation and storage of medications in wards, emergency department and operating room dispensaries.

Grupo de Investigación sobre Gestión de la Calidad en Servicios de Salud, University of Murcia, under contract to the Spanish Ministry of Health

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:007585
  • 2012 Apr

Acute care prevention of falls: percentage of patients who receive appropriate falls prevention interventions based upon the results of their falls risk assessment.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008466
  • 2011 Mar

Neurointensive care and traumatology: percentage of fractured femurs treated surgically within 24 hours.

Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care and Units Coronary

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:002697
  • 2006 Sep

Intensive care unit (ICU) palliative care: percent of patients whose family was personally given a written information leaflet by an ICU team member on or before Day One of ICU admission.

Vizient, Inc.

  • 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:011270
  • 2016 Feb

Cutaneous melanoma: proportion of patients with cutaneous melanoma undergoing wide local excision within 84 days of their diagnostic excision biopsy.

NHS Scotland; Scottish Cancer Taskforce

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010790
  • 2016 Jul
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Hospital-based inpatient psychiatric services: the total number of hours that all patients admitted to a hospital-based inpatient psychiatric setting were maintained in physical restraint.

The Joint Commission

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008564
  • 2012 Apr

Infection control after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT): percentage of patients who had HCT and were herpes simplex virus seropositive and/or varicella-zoster virus seropositive and prophylaxis was prescribed.

American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009992
  • 2015 Mar

Stroke: percentage of SAH and ICH stroke patients for whom a severity measurement is performed prior to surgical intervention in patients undergoing surgical intervention and documented in the medical record, OR documented within 6 hours of arrival at the hospital ED for patients who do not undergo surgical intervention.

The Joint Commission