• 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: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: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: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: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:010428
  • 2016 Jan
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): median time to transfer to another facility for acute coronary intervention.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011174
  • 2016 Nov

Melanoma: percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a current diagnosis of stage 0 through IIC melanoma or a history of melanoma of any stage, without signs or symptoms suggesting systemic spread, seen for an office visit during the one-year measurement period, for whom no diagnostic imaging studies were ordered.

American Academy of Dermatology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010353
  • 2013 Jul
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Geriatrics: percentage of patients aged 65 years and older who were screened for future fall risk at least once within 12 months.

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

  • 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: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:010900
  • 2016 May
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Hospice experience: percentage of caregivers who reported that they got emotional and religious support on the CAHPS Hospice Survey.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; RAND Corporation

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010053
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Ambulatory surgery: percentage of Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) admissions experiencing a wrong site, wrong side, wrong patient, wrong procedure, or wrong implant.

Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Quality Collaboration

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010211
  • 2015 Feb

Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for CT or MRI studies of the chest or neck or ultrasound of the neck for patients aged 18 years and older with no known thyroid disease with a thyroid nodule less than 1.0 cm noted incidentally with follow-up imaging recommended.

American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010141
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Tobacco treatment: percent of patients who received counseling AND medication as well as those who received counseling and had reason for not receiving the medication during the hospital stay within the first three days after admission.

The Joint Commission

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010793
  • 2016 Jul
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Perinatal care: percentage of patients with elective vaginal deliveries or elective cesarean births at greater than or equal to 37 and less than 39 weeks of gestation completed.

The Joint Commission

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010431
  • 2016 Jan
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Emergency department (ED): median time from ED arrival to ED departure for discharged ED patients.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:006894
  • 2009 Dec

Parkinson's disease: percentage of patients with a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (or caregiver[s], as appropriate) who had the Parkinson's disease treatment options (e.g., non-pharmacological treatment, pharmacological treatment, or surgical treatment) reviewed at least once annually.

American Academy of Neurology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:003150
  • 2010 Sep
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Acute otitis externa (AOE): percentage of patients aged 2 years and older with a diagnosis of AOE who were prescribed topical preparations.

American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) Foundation; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010232
  • 2015 Mar

Diagnostic imaging: median dose length product (DLP) for CT chest without contrast (single phase scan).

American College of Radiology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010125
  • 2015 Oct

Venous thromboembolism (VTE): percent of patients diagnosed with confirmed VTE that are discharged to home, home care, court/law enforcement or home on hospice care on warfarin with written discharge instructions that address all four criteria: compliance issues, dietary advice, follow-up monitoring, and information about the potential for adverse drug reactions/interactions.

The Joint Commission