Percentage of patients 18-85 years of age who had a diagnosis of essential hypertension starting before and continuing into, or starting during the first six months of the measurement period, and whose most recent blood pressure was adequately controlled (<140/90mmHg) during the measurement period.
Specialty: Pulmonology
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults
Percentage of patients 65 years of age and older who were ordered at least two high-risk medications from the same drug class.
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Percentage of visits for which the eligible clinician attests to documenting a list of current medications using all immediate resources available on the date of the encounter.
Advance Care Plan
Percentage of patients aged 65 years and older who have an advance care plan or surrogate decision maker documented in the medical record or documentation in the medical record that an advance care plan was discussed but the patient did not wish or was not able to name a surrogate decision maker or provide an advance care plan.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Spirometry Evaluation and Long-Acting Inhaled Bronchodilator Therapy
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of COPD with a documented FEV1/FVC <70% measured by spirometry, who are symptomatic and were prescribed a long-acting inhaled bronchodilator.