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Clinical Quality Measures
  • Structure (7)
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  • U.S.-based Organizations (6)
Name
  • American College of Radiology (5)
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  • British Thoracic Society (1)
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  • Melanoma Quality Indicators (1)
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  • 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:010214
  • 2016 Jan

Optimizing patient exposure to ionizing radiation: percentage of total CT studies performed for all patients, regardless of age, that are reported to a radiation dose index registry and that include at a minimum selected data elements.

American College of Radiology; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010217
  • 2016 Jan

Optimizing patient exposure to ionizing radiation: percentage of pediatric CT imaging studies for patients aged 17 years and younger performed with equipment that has complied with a CT equipment evaluation protocol at least once within the 12-month period prior to the exam.

American College of Radiology; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:007187
  • 2009 Nov

Melanoma: is the surgeon who performs sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) or lymph node dissection (LND) for melanoma certified by the American Board of Surgery or equivalent board or international association?

American College of Surgeons

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010946
  • 2014 Dec

Diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy: proportion of bronchoscopies done with the appropriate number, skill mix and competence of staff.

British Thoracic Society

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010218
  • 2016 Jan

Optimizing patient exposure to ionizing radiation: percentage of pediatric CT imaging studies for patients aged 17 years and younger performed with individualized equipment evaluation protocols that comply with a widely used guideline.

American College of Radiology; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010215
  • 2016 Jan

Optimizing patient exposure to ionizing radiation: percentage of CT imaging reports for all patients, regardless of age, with the imaging study named according to a standardized nomenclature and the standardized nomenclature is used in institution's computer systems.

American College of Radiology; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

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