• 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:010705
  • 2016 Jan

Overuse of imaging: percentage of children, ages 4 through 17 years old, for whom imaging of the head (CT or MRI) is obtained for the evaluation of primary headache without indications for neuroimaging, including neurologic deficit lasting longer than 60 minutes, signs and symptoms of increased intracranial pressure, or lumbar puncture.

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

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010708
  • 2016 Jan

Overuse of imaging: ratio of the number of MRI scans to the number of CT scans obtained on or within 30 days after the date of evaluation for atraumatic seizure among children, ages 1 through 17 years old, within the measurement year.

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

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010879
  • 2016 May

Overuse of imaging: the percentage of computed tomography (CT) scans obtained without indication on or within 30 days after the date of evaluation for atraumatic headache among children ages 4 through 17 years old.

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

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010709
  • 2016 Jan

Overuse of imaging: percentage of children, ages 1 through 17 years old, for whom CT imaging of the head is obtained for the evaluation of a first generalized afebrile, atraumatic seizure without indication for CT imaging.

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

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010012
  • 2014 Dec

Overuse of imaging: percentage of facilities with a policy for "as low as reasonably achievable" (ALARA) dosing of radiation, specific to the imaging of children.

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

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010704
  • 2016 Jan

Overuse of imaging: percentage of children, ages 6 months through 4 years, diagnosed with simple febrile seizure who are evaluated with imaging of the head (CT or MRI) without indications for neuroimaging, including lumbar puncture and complex febrile seizure.

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