• 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:010268
  • 2012 Jul

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): percentage of patients diagnosed with ALS who are dysarthric who were offered a referral at least once annually to a speech language pathologist for an augmentative/alternative communication evaluation.

American Academy of Neurology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011264
  • 2016 Feb

Cutaneous melanoma: proportion of patients with cutaneous melanoma who undergo diagnostic excision biopsy where the surgical pathology report contains a full set of data items (as defined by the current Royal College of Pathologists dataset).

NHS Scotland; Scottish Cancer Taskforce

  • 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:008030
  • 2012 Jul

Routine prenatal care: percentage of pregnant patients who receive counseling and education at each visit as outlined in the guideline.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

  • 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: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:008303
  • 2012 Mar

Pediatrics: percentage of well child visits with a documented length or height AND weight.

Chen, Alex, MD, MS/ Schrager, Sheree, MS, PhD/ Mangione-Smith, Rita, MD, MPH

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:007191
  • 2009 Nov

Melanoma: percentage of patients with a melanoma less than or equal to 1 mm thick (i.e., T1) for whom the surgical excision margins are 1 cm (or the specific anatomic or cosmetic factors that limit margin distance are noted).

American College of Surgeons

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008645
  • 2013 Mar

Management of labor: percentage of patients with protracted labor who are administered oxytocin.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011069
  • 2016 Jun

Bladder cancer: proportion of patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) who are discussed at the multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting before definitive treatment.

NHS Scotland; Scottish Cancer Taskforce

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010967
  • 2016 Sep

Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) endoscopy: percentage of patients monitored for complications (adverse events) after therapeutic UGI endoscopy.

European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010726
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Long-stay nursing home care: percent of residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; RTI International

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011054
  • 2017 Jun
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Prostate cancer: percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of prostate cancer at low (or very low) risk of recurrence receiving interstitial prostate brachytherapy, OR external beam radiotherapy to the prostate, OR radical prostatectomy, OR cryotherapy who did not have a bone scan performed at any time since diagnosis of prostate cancer.

American Medical Association; American Urological Association

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011038
  • 2016 Jan

Ovarian cancer: proportion of patients with stage 1 epithelial ovarian cancer having Risk of Malignancy Index (RMI) assessed and recorded in their notes prior to any definitive surgical intervention.

NHS Scotland; Scottish Cancer Taskforce