• 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: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: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: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:011016
  • 2017 Feb

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: percent of lymphoma patients of childbearing age who received treatment for lymphoma and who were offered fertility counseling prior to starting treatment OR documentation in the medical record why such counseling was unnecessary.

American Society of Hematology

  • 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: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: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:010020
  • 2014 Aug
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Diabetes mellitus: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus who were evaluated for proper footwear and sizing at least once within 12 months.

American Podiatric Medical Association

  • 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: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:009574
  • 2014 Apr

Sickle cell disease (SCD): percentage of children younger than 18 years of age identified as having SCD who had: (1) a pulse oximetry reading, (2) a complete blood count, and (3) a reticulocyte count performed within the same 7‐day period as part of outpatient care during the measurement year.

Quality Measurement, Evaluation, Testing, Review, and Implementation Consortium (Q-METRIC)

  • 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: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:009763
  • 2012 May

Androgen deficiency: percentage of male patients aged 18 years and older with androgen deficiency who are receiving testosterone therapy, who have a baseline gonadotropin (LH or FSH) measurement performed within six months prior to initiating testosterone therapy.

The Endocrine Society

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010196
  • 2013 Jan

Major depressive disorder (MDD): percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of MDD who received patient education at least once during the measurement period, regarding the minimum specified criteria.

American Psychiatric Association; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®