• 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:010249
  • 2014 Jan

Epilepsy: percentage of all patients with a diagnosis of epilepsy with active anti-seizure therapy side effects for whom an intervention was discussed.

American Academy of Neurology

  • 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:006375
  • 2009 Jun

Pancreatic cancer: percentage of patients undergoing cancer-directed resection for whom the tumor histology is recorded.

American College of Surgeons

  • 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: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:006398
  • 2009 Jun

Pancreatic cancer: does the institution that performs pancreatic cancer surgery have ERCP services available on site?

American College of Surgeons

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:007211
  • 2009 Nov

Melanoma: percentage of patients with melanoma who have biopsy-proven, palpable nodal disease who do not undergo sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB).

American College of Surgeons

  • 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:002909
  • 2010 Sep

Stroke and stroke rehabilitation: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with the diagnosis of ischemic stroke or intracranial hemorrhage who underwent a dysphagia screening process before taking any foods, fluids or medication by mouth.

American Academy of Neurology; American College of Radiology; National Committee for Quality Assurance; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®

  • Measure Summary
  • NQMC:006395
  • 2009 Jun

Pancreatic cancer: does the institution that performs pancreatic cancer surgery perform greater than or equal to 12 cases per year?

American College of Surgeons

  • 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:006378
  • 2009 Jun

Pancreatic cancer: percentage of patients undergoing cancer-directed resection for whom the margin status is recorded.

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:010971
  • 2016 Dec
  • NQF-Endorsed Measure

Thoracic surgery: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older undergoing elective lung resection for lung cancer who developed any of the specified postoperative complications.

Society of Thoracic Surgeons