• 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: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:007191
  • 2009 Nov

Melanoma: percentage of patients with a melanoma less than or equal to 1 mm thick (i.e., T1) for whom the surgical excision margins are 1 cm (or the specific anatomic or cosmetic factors that limit margin distance are noted).

American College of Surgeons

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010707
  • 2016 Jan

Overuse of imaging: ratio of the number of MRI scans to the number of CT scans obtained on or within the 30 days after the date of evaluation for atraumatic headache for children, ages 4 through 17 years old, within the measurement year.

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

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009655
  • 2014 Mar

Perioperative protocol: percentage of patients with comorbidities undergoing elective non-high-risk surgery who have preoperative recommendations documented/communicated to the patient and/or surgical facility for all of the following applicable comorbidities: antithrombotic therapy, recent coronary stent/antiplatelet therapy, beta-blocker therapy, diabetes mellitus, sleep apnea, and nicotine cessation.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

  • 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: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:009322
  • 2013 Jul

Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis: percentage of patients who were found to be at risk for bone loss or fractures who had bone densitometry.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:006161
  • 2010 Apr

Cancer - information and care planning: percentage of patients who underwent chemotherapy and, prior to chemotherapy, were informed about the risks and benefits of treatment, including likely symptoms and side effects, and whether the treatment intent is curative or palliative.

RAND Corporation

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:007188
  • 2009 Nov

Melanoma: percentage of patients with a melanoma in situ (i.e., Tis) for whom the surgical excision margins are 5 mm (or the specific anatomic or cosmetic factors that limit margin distance are noted).

American College of Surgeons

  • 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:007194
  • 2009 Nov

Melanoma: percentage of patients to undergo a sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for melanoma for whom lymphoscintigraphy is performed to identify the draining nodal basin(s) when drainage to more than one basin is possible.

American College of Surgeons

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:006130
  • 2010 Apr

Cancer - pain: percentage of patients treated for spinal cord compression for whom there was follow-up of neurologic symptoms and signs within 1 week after treatment was completed.

RAND Corporation

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009658
  • 2014 Mar

Perioperative protocol: percentage of canceled or delayed surgical procedures due to ineffective communication regarding patient information as defined by organizational procedures.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008655
  • 2013 Jan
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Influenza vaccination: percentage of healthcare personnel (HCP) who receive the influenza vaccination.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:009489
  • 2014 Jan

End stage renal disease (ESRD): percentage of Medicare patients with a mean hemoglobin value greater than 12 g/dL.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:008432
  • 2012 Sep

Non-OR procedural safety: percentage of wrong invasive or high-risk procedure events outside of the operating room per month.

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

  • 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