Percentage of patients 18 years and older with a current diagnosis of gastrointestinal obstruction, ileus, incarcerated hernia, or patients taking GLP-1 receptor agonists, or patients with gastroparesis, who undergo a surgical procedure under anesthesia and are treated preoperatively with a mitigation strategy that reduces the risk of aspiration during the surgical procedure.
Instructions
This measure is to be reported each time an adult patient with one or more of the following conditions undergoes a surgical procedure under anesthesia:
a) has gastrointestinal obstruction, ileus, or an incarcerated hernia
b) is taking a GLP-1 receptor agonists
c) has gastroparesis
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
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
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
Percentage of patients diagnosed with Benign Positional Paroxysmal Vertigo (BPPV) who received vestibular testing, imaging, and antihistamine, benzodiazepine, or vestibular suppressant medications.
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
Percentage of patients who were diagnosed with dysphonia that failed to resolve within 4 weeks and received a laryngoscopy
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older diagnosed with a neck mass and suspected/increased risk of malignancy who had a fine needle aspiration (FNA), or refer the patient to someone who can perform FNA and receive a neck computed tomography (or magnetic resonance imaging) with contrast.
Percentage of patients aged 12 years and younger who underwent a tonsillectomy and were given opioids within the 5-day postoperative period.
Percentage of patients aged 1 year and older who underwent a tonsillectomy and had a post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage requiring reevaluation or surgical intervention within the 21-day postoperative period.
