• 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: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: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:001598
  • 2006 Jun

Diabetes mellitus: percent of patients with blood pressure reading less than 130/80 in the last 12 months.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Diabetes Collaborative

  • 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:001592
  • 2006 Jun

Diabetes mellitus: average HbA1c value for diabetic patients in the clinical information system.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Diabetes Collaborative

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:007211
  • 2009 Nov

Melanoma: percentage of patients with melanoma who have biopsy-proven, palpable nodal disease who do not undergo sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB).

American College of Surgeons

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:001616
  • 2003 Jan

Asthma: average number of lost workdays and/or school days in the past 30 days.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Asthma Collaborative

  • 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:001595
  • 2006 Jun

Diabetes mellitus: percent of patients 40 years and older who have a current prescription for statins.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Diabetes Collaborative

  • 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:010179
  • 2015 Jan
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG): percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of POAG whose glaucoma treatment has not failed (the most recent IOP was reduced by at least 15% from the pre-intervention level) OR if the most recent IOP was not reduced by at least 15% from the pre-intervention level, a plan of care was documented within 12 months.

American Academy of Ophthalmology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:001613
  • 2003 Jan

Asthma: percent of patients with a reported exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at last visit.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Asthma Collaborative

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010803
  • 2016 Mar
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Chronic stable coronary artery disease: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease seen within a 12 month period who also have prior MI or a current or prior LVEF less than 40% who were prescribed beta-blocker therapy.

Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:001622
  • 2005 Jan

Depression: percent of clinically significant depression patients who have a documented Current Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) reassessment between 4 to 8 weeks after their last New Episode PHQ.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Depression Collaborative

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:001604
  • 2006 Jun

Diabetes mellitus: percent of patients 12 to 70 years of age who are not already on angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) and have had a microalbuminuria screening test in the last 12 months.

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Diabetes Collaborative

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:007200
  • 2009 Nov

Melanoma: percentage of patients who undergo an axillary lymph node dissection (LND) or completion lymph node dissection (CLND) for melanoma for whom at least 10 regional lymph nodes are resected and pathologically examined.

American College of Surgeons

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010235
  • 2015 Mar

Diagnostic imaging: number of CT exams performed at the facility that were submitted to the Dose Index Registry.

American College of Radiology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010216
  • 2016 Jan

Optimizing patient exposure to ionizing radiation: percentage of final reports for CT imaging studies of the thorax for patients aged 18 years and older with documented follow-up recommendations for incidentally detected pulmonary nodules based at a minimum on nodule size and patient risk factors.

American College of Radiology; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009587
  • 2014 Oct

Cataracts: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older in sample who had cataract surgery and were satisfied with their care within 90 days following the cataract surgery, based on completion of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Surgical Care Survey.

American Academy of Ophthalmology