Chronic stable coronary artery disease: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease seen within a 12 month period who also have prior MI or a current or prior LVEF less than 40% who were prescribed beta-blocker therapy.
- Published By Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Home Care, Hospital Inpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Preventive care and screening: percentage of patients aged 6 months and older seen for a visit between October 1 and March 31 who received an influenza immunization OR who reported previous receipt of an influenza immunization.
- Published By Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Assisted Living Facilities, Home Care, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Eye care: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy who had a dilated macular or fundus exam performed which included documentation of the level of severity of retinopathy AND the presence or absence of macular edema during one or more office visits within 12 months.
- Published By American Academy of Ophthalmology, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Eye care: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy who had a dilated macular or fundus exam performed with documented communication to the physician who manages the ongoing care of the patient with diabetes mellitus regarding the findings of the macular or fundus exam at least once within 12 months.
- Published By American Academy of Ophthalmology, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Transition
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Eye care: percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) who have an optic nerve head evaluation during one or more office visits within 12 months.
- Published By American Academy of Ophthalmology, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Long-term Care Facilities - Other
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Diagnostic imaging: percentage of patients aged 14 years and younger with clinically suspected appendicitis who undergo CT, MRI, or ultrasound of the abdomen or pelvis for whom ultrasound was used as the initial imaging evaluation of the appendix.
- Published By American College of Radiology, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Ambulatory Procedure/Imaging Center, Hospital Inpatient, Hospital Outpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for abdominal imaging studies for asymptomatic patients aged 18 years and older with one or more of the following noted incidentally with follow-up imaging recommended: liver lesion less than or equal to 0.5 cm; cystic kidney lesion less than 1.0 cm; adrenal lesion less than or equal to 1.0 cm.
- Published By American College of Radiology, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Ambulatory Procedure/Imaging Center, Hospital Inpatient, Hospital Outpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for screening mammograms that are classified "probably benign."
- Published By American College of Radiology, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Ambulatory Procedure/Imaging Center, Hospital Inpatient, Hospital Outpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for patients aged 18 years and older undergoing CT with documentation that one or more of the specified dose optimization techniques were used.
- Published By American College of Radiology, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Ambulatory Procedure/Imaging Center, Hospital Inpatient, Hospital Outpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for procedures using fluoroscopy that include radiation exposure indices, or exposure time and number of fluorographic images (if radiation exposure indices are not available).
- Published By American College of Radiology, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Ambulatory Procedure/Imaging Center, Hospital Inpatient, Hospital Outpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Diagnostic imaging: percentage of patients undergoing a screening mammogram whose information is entered into a reminder system with a target due date for the next mammogram.
- Published By American College of Radiology, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Ambulatory Procedure/Imaging Center, Hospital Inpatient, Hospital Outpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
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.
- Published By American College of Radiology, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Ambulatory Procedure/Imaging Center, Hospital Inpatient, Hospital Outpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for patients aged 18 years and older who received intravenous iodinated contrast for a CT examination who had an extravasation of contrast.
- Published By American College of Radiology, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Ambulatory Procedure/Imaging Center, Hospital Inpatient, Hospital Outpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for patients aged 18 years and older who had a previously documented iodinated contrast reaction who undergo any imaging examination using intravenous iodinated contrast that include documentation that the patients were pre-medicated with corticosteroids with or without H1 antihistamines.
- Published By American College of Radiology, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Ambulatory Procedure/Imaging Center, Hospital Inpatient, Hospital Outpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
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.
- Published By American College of Radiology, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Ambulatory Procedure/Imaging Center, Hospital Inpatient, Hospital Outpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Diagnostic imaging: percentage of imaging studies for patients aged 18 years and older with shoulder pain undergoing shoulder MRI, MRA, or a shoulder ultrasound who are known to have had shoulder radiographs performed within the preceding 3 months based on information from the radiology information system (RIS), patient-provided radiological history, or other health-care source.
- Published By American College of Radiology, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Ambulatory Procedure/Imaging Center, Hospital Inpatient, Hospital Outpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Diagnostic imaging: percentage of final reports for carotid imaging studies (neck MRA, neck CTA, neck duplex ultrasound, carotid angiogram) performed that include direct or indirect reference to measurements of distal internal carotid diameter as the denominator for stenosis measurement.
- Published By American College of Radiology, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement®
- Measurement Settings Ambulatory/Office-based Care, Ambulatory Procedure/Imaging Center, Hospital Inpatient, Hospital Outpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Short-stay nursing home care: percent of residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine.
- Published By Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, RTI International
- Measurement Settings Hospital Inpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Short-stay nursing home care: percent of residents who received the seasonal influenza vaccine.
- Published By Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, RTI International
- Measurement Settings Hospital Inpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service
Short-stay nursing home care: percent of residents who were offered and declined the seasonal influenza vaccine.
- Published By Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, RTI International
- Measurement Settings Hospital Inpatient, Long-term Care Facilities - Other, Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes
- Professionals Involved In the Delivery of Service