“Hospital Inpatient”

Clinical Quality Measures

• Outcome (4)
• Process (2)

Organization

• U.S.-based Organizations (6)

Name

• Society of Thoracic Surgeons (6)

Type

• Medical Specialty Society (6)

• General Thoracic Surgery Measures (6)

Aim

• Better Care (6)

Priority

• Making Care Safer (3)
• Prevention and Treatment of Leading Causes of Mortality (6)

• Hospital Inpatient (6)

• Internal quality improvement (6)
• Public reporting (6)

• A formal consensus procedure, involving experts in relevant clinical, methodological, public health and organizational sciences (6)
• A systematic review of the clinical research literature (e.g., Cochrane Review) (1)
• One or more research studies published in a National Library of Medicine (NLM) indexed, peer-reviewed journal (6)

• Administrative clinical data (6)
• Electronic health/medical record (6)
• Paper medical record (6)
• Registry data (6)

Age

• Adult: 80 years old and older (6)
• Adult: 65-79 years old (6)
• Adult: 45-64 years old (6)
• Adult: 19-44 years old (6)
• Adolescent: 13-18 years old (6)
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Gender

• Either male or female (6)

Vulnerable Populations

• Does not apply to this measure (6)

• Effectiveness (6)
• Safety (3)