Percentage of emergency department visits for admitted patients aged 18 years and older where an indwelling Foley catheter is ordered and the patient had at least one indication for an indwelling Foley catheter
Submission Method: Registry
ED Median Time from ED arrival to ED departure for all Adult Patients
Time (in minutes) from ED arrival to ED departure for all Adult Patients
ED Median Time from ED arrival to ED departure for all Pediatric ED Patients
Time (in minutes) from ED arrival to ED departure for all Pediatric Patients
Appropriate Emergency Department Utilization of Lumbar Spine Imaging for Acute Atraumatic Low Back Pain
Percentage of emergency department visits during which patients aged 18 years and older had a CT or MRI of the Lumbar Spine ordered by an emergency care provider, regardless of discharge disposition, presenting with acute, atraumatic low back pain.
Appropriate Use of Imaging for Recurrent Renal Colic
Percentage of emergency department visits for patients aged 18-50 years presenting with flank pain with a history of kidney stones during which no imaging is ordered, OR appropriate imaging (plain film radiography or ultrasound) is ordered.
Appropriate Emergency Department Utilization of CT for Pulmonary Embolism
Percentage of emergency department visits during which patients aged 18 years and older had a CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) ordered by an emergency care provider, regardless of discharge disposition, with either moderate or high pre-test clinical probability for pulmonary embolism or elevated D-dimer level
Tympanostomy Tubes: Comprehensive Audiometric Evaluation
Percentage of patients aged 6 months through 12 years with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion (OME) who received tympanostomy tube insertion and received a comprehensive audiometric evaluation within 6 months prior to tympanostomy tube insertion
Otitis Media with Effusion (OME): Comprehensive Audiometric Evaluation for Chronic OME > or = 3 months
Percentage of patients aged 6 months to 12 years of age with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion (OME) including chronic serous, mucoid, or nonsuppurative OME of > or = 3 months duration who had or received an order or referral for comprehensive audiometric evaluation
Standard Benign Positional Paroxysmal Vertigo (BPPV) Management
Percentage of patients diagnosed with Benign Positional Paroxysmal Vertigo (BPPV) who received vestibular testing, imaging, and antihistamine, benzodiazepine, or vestibular suppressant medications.
Tympanostomy Tubes: Resolution of Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) in Adults and Children
Percentage of patients aged 6 months and older with a diagnosis of otitis media with effusion (OME) who are seen 2 to 8 weeks after tympanostomy tube surgery and OME is resolved