• 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: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: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: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: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

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009743
  • 2014 Mar
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Hospital inpatients' experiences: adult inpatients' overall rating of this hospital.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; CAHPS Consortium; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010164
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) and/or total knee arthroplasty (TKA): hospital-level 30-day, all-cause, risk-standardized readmission rate (RSRR) following elective primary THA and/or TKA.

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:010127
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Stroke: percent of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients who received VTE prophylaxis or who have documentation why no VTE prophylaxis was given the day of or the day after hospital admission.

The Joint Commission

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010437
  • 2016 Jan

Imaging efficiency: percentage of abdomen CT studies that are performed with and without contrast out of all abdomen CT studies performed.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010133
  • 2015 Oct

Stroke: percent of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke patients or their caregivers who were given educational materials during the hospital stay addressing all five specified education categories.

The Joint Commission

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010153
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): hospital 30-day, all-cause, risk-standardized mortality rate following acute exacerbation of COPD.

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:010130
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Stroke: percent of acute ischemic stroke patients for whom IV t-PA was initiated at the hospital within 3 hours (less than or equal to 180 minutes) of time last known well.

The Joint Commission

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010440
  • 2016 Jan

Imaging efficiency: percentage of brain CT studies with a simultaneous sinus CT.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010434
  • 2016 Jan
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Emergency department (ED): percentage of ED acute ischemic stroke or hemorrhagic stroke patients who arrive at the ED within 2 hours of the onset of symptoms who have a head CT or MRI scan performed during the stay and having a time from ED arrival to interpretation of the head CT or MRI scan within 45 minutes of arrival.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009735
  • 2014 Mar
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Hospital inpatients' experiences: percentage of adult inpatients who reported how often their doctors communicated well.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; CAHPS Consortium; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009738
  • 2014 Mar
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Hospital inpatients' experiences: percentage of adult inpatients who reported whether they were provided specific discharge information.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; CAHPS Consortium; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010159
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): hospital 30-day, all-cause, risk-standardized readmission rate following acute exacerbation of COPD hospitalization.

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:010162
  • 2015 Oct
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Pneumonia: hospital 30-day, all-cause, unplanned risk-standardized readmission rate (RSRR) following pneumonia hospitalization.

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:009741
  • 2014 Mar
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Hospital inpatients' experiences: percentage of adult inpatients who reported how often their room and bathroom were kept clean.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; CAHPS Consortium; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services