• 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:010950
  • 2014 Dec

Diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy: proportion of patients diagnosed with malignancy where sufficient tissue was obtained for genetic profiling/all tissue sent for profiling.

British Thoracic Society

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010759
  • 2014 Nov

Epilepsy: percentage of children with epilepsy who were commenced on antiepileptic drugs referred for input by an epilepsy specialist nurse by 1 year.

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

  • 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:010967
  • 2016 Sep

Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) endoscopy: percentage of patients monitored for complications (adverse events) after therapeutic UGI endoscopy.

European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

  • 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:010944
  • 2014 Dec

Diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy: proportion of bronchoscopy procedures performed with a completed safety checklist.

British Thoracic Society

  • 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:010756
  • 2014 Nov

Epilepsy: percentage of children with epilepsy, with input by a consultant paediatrician with expertise in epilepsies by 1 year.

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

  • 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:010947
  • 2014 Dec

Diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy: proportion of bronchoscopy procedures performed with evidence of correct decontamination.

British Thoracic Society

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010959
  • 2016 Sep

Upper gastrointestinal (UGI) endoscopy: percentage of endoscopy reports that record the duration of the procedure from intubation to extubation.

European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

  • 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:010099
  • 2014 Nov

Prostate cancer: percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of prostate cancer receiving interstitial prostate brachytherapy, OR external beam radiotherapy to the prostate, OR radical prostatectomy, OR cryotherapy with documented evaluation of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), AND primary tumor (T) stage, AND Gleason score prior to initiation of treatment.

American Urological Association; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:010658
  • 2015 Oct

Perioperative care: percentage of patients, regardless of age, who undergo a surgical procedure under anesthesia who have documentation that all applicable safety checks from the World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist were performed before induction of anesthesia.

American Society of Anesthesiologists; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:007197
  • 2009 Nov

Melanoma: percentage of patients who have a stage Ib or II melanoma with whom sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is discussed.

American College of Surgeons