• Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010229
  • 2015 Mar

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of cancers detected at screening mammography that are invasive carcinoma less than or equal to 10 mm or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

American College of Radiology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010035
  • 2015 May

Self-injury: age-standardized rate of hospitalization in a general hospital due to self-injury per 100,000 population age 15 and older.

Canadian Institute for Health Information

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010937
  • 2016 Feb

Oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: percentage of patients who undergo surgical management of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma for whom there is no unplanned hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge.

Washington University School of Medicine

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010618
  • 2015 Oct

Antibiotic utilization: summary of outpatient utilization of antibiotic prescriptions during the measurement year, stratified by age and gender.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009701
  • 2013 Jan

Adult trauma care: percentage of patients age 18 years and older diagnosed with a head injury, spine injury, intra-abdominal injury or long bone fracture and a non-elective injury related hospital visit within 7 days of hospital discharge.

Quality of Trauma in Adult Care (QTAC) Team, University of Calgary

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010578
  • 2015 Oct

Call answer timeliness: percentage of calls received by the organization's Member Services call centers (during operating hours) during the measurement year that were answered by a live voice within 30 seconds.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009678
  • 2013 Jan

Adult trauma care: percentage of all EMS records for injured patients 18 years and older with documentation of needle decompression thoracostomy attempted prior to arrival in hospital.

Quality of Trauma in Adult Care (QTAC) Team, University of Calgary

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009233
  • 2013 Apr
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Health insurance coverage: percentage of children who do not meet the criteria for having adequate insurance for optimal health.

Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative; Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Service Administration; National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • 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:010167
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Heart failure (HF): hospital-level, risk-standardized payment associated with a 30-day episode of care for HF.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Yale-New Haven Health Services Corporation/Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation under contract to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010629
  • 2015 Oct

Hypertension: the relative resource use by members with hypertension during the measurement year.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

  • 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:010161
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Unplanned readmission: hospital-wide all-cause, unplanned readmission rate (HWR).

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Yale-New Haven Health Services Corporation/Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation under contract to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010278
  • 2016 Mar

Occupational health: estimated annual incidence rate of all musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) involving days away from work per 100,000 full-time equivalents (FTEs).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008547
  • 2011 Mar

Planning, organization, and management: percentage of professionals assigned to the ICU who have undergone orientation.

Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care and Units Coronary

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010327
  • 2016 Mar

Occupational health: percentage of OSHA-covered employees eligible for inspection whose work areas were inspected by OSHA.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

  • 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:009393
  • 2013 Dec

Sickle cell disease (SCD): percentage of children in a state between the ages of 3 months and 5 years diagnosed with SCD who received appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis for at least 350 days during the measurement year.

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

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009345
  • 2016 Mar
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Home health care: percentage of home health stays in which patients used the emergency department but were not admitted to the hospital during the 60 days following the start of the home health stay.

Acumen LLC, under contract to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010304
  • 2016 Mar

Occupational health: annual mesothelioma incidence rate per million residents age 15 years or older.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists