• Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011121
  • 2016 May

Sarcoma: proportion of patients with osteosarcoma who are under the age of 40 who undergo neo-adjuvant combination systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT).

NHS Scotland; Scottish Cancer Taskforce

  • 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:009390
  • 2013 Nov

Sickle cell disease (SCD): percentage of children with a newborn screen positive for SCD who receive appropriate preventive antibiotics by 3 months of age.

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

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009230
  • 2013 Apr
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Medical home: percentage of children and adolescents who meet the threshold for having a medical home according to a subset of questions from the 2011-12 National Survey of Children's 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:009388
  • 2013 Oct

Sickle cell disease (SCD): percentage of children who, having initially tested positive for SCD through newborn screening, received confirmatory testing by 3 months of age.

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

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:006162
  • 2000 Oct

Children with special health care needs: percentage of children who meet criteria for having special health care needs according to the Children with Special Health Care Needs Screener (CSHCN Screener).

Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011031
  • 2017 Feb
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

External beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for bone metastases: percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of bone metastases and no history of previous radiation who receive EBRT with an acceptable fractionation scheme as defined by the guideline.

American Society for Radiation Oncology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011122
  • 2016 May

Sarcoma: proportion of patients with Ewing's sarcoma who are under the age of 50 who undergo neo-adjuvant combination systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT).

NHS Scotland; Scottish Cancer Taskforce

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010895
  • 2010 Aug

Neonatal zidovudine (ZDV) prophylaxis: percentage of infants born to HIV-infected women who were prescribed ZDV prophylaxis for HIV within 12 hours of birth during the measurement year.

Health Resources and Services Administration

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009389
  • 2013 Oct

Sickle cell disease (SCD): percentage of children whose confirmatory testing results were communicated to their families by 4 months of age.

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

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011173
  • 2016 Nov

Melanoma: percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a current diagnosis of melanoma or a history of melanoma whose information was entered, at least once within the 12 month period, into a recall system.

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

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011063
  • 2016 Jun

Acute leukaemia: proportion of patients with acute leukaemia being treated with curative intent who are enrolled in a clinical trial.

NHS Scotland; Scottish Cancer Taskforce

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010896
  • 2010 Aug

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis: percentage of eligible infants with HIV-exposure who were prescribed PCP prophylaxis in the measurement year.

Health Resources and Services Administration

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009147
  • 2013 Sep

Preventive services for children and adolescents: percentage of newborns who have had neonatal screening for hemoglobinopathies, phenylketonuria and hypothyroidism in the first week of life.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011053
  • 2017 Jun
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Oncology: percentage of patient visits, regardless of patient age, with a diagnosis of cancer currently receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy in which pain intensity is quantified.

American Medical Association; American Society for Radiation Oncology; American Society of Clinical Oncology

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:011058
  • 2016 Jun

Acute leukaemia: proportion of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), less than 25 years of age, undergoing treatment with curative intent who are assessed for the presence of minimal residual disease (MRD) marker.

NHS Scotland; Scottish Cancer Taskforce