Percentage of patients, regardless of age, who are active injection drug users who received screening for HCV infection within the 12-month reporting period.
Submission Method: Registry
Cataract Surgery: Difference Between Planned and Final Refraction
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older who had cataract surgery performed and who achieved a final refraction within +/- 1.0 diopters of their planned (target) refraction.
Cardiac Tamponade and/or Pericardiocentesis Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
Rate of cardiac tamponade and/or pericardiocentesis following atrial fibrillation ablation. This measure is submitted as four rates stratified by age and gender: Submission Age Criteria 1: Females 18-64 years of age Submission Age Criteria 2: Males 18-64 years of age Submission Age Criteria 3: Females 65 years of age and older Submission Age Criteria 4: Males 65 years of age and older
Infection within 180 Days of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) Implantation, Replacement, or Revision
Infection rate following CIED device implantation, replacement, or revision.
Immunizations for Adolescents
The percentage of adolescents 13 years of age who had one dose of meningococcal vaccine (serogroups A, C, W, Y or A, C, W, Y, B), one tetanus, diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine, and have completed the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series by their 13th birthday.
Depression Remission at Twelve Months
The percentage of adolescent patients 12 to 17 years of age and adult patients 18 years of age or older with major depression or dysthymia who reached remission 12 months (+/- 60 days) after an index event date.
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report
Percentage of patients with referrals, regardless of age, for which the referring clinician receives a report from the clinician to whom the patient was referred.
Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older who had a surgical site infection (SSI).
Patient-Centered Surgical Risk Assessment and Communication
Percentage of patients who underwent a non-emergency surgery who had their personalized risks of postoperative complications assessed by their surgical team prior to surgery using a clinical data-based, patient-specific risk calculator and who received personal discussion of those risks with the surgeon.
Optimizing Patient Exposure to Ionizing Radiation: Count of Potential High Dose Radiation Imaging Studies: Computed Tomography (CT) and Cardiac Nuclear Medicine Studies
Percentage of computed tomography (CT) and cardiac nuclear medicine (myocardial perfusion or infarct avid imaging) reports for all patients, regardless of age, that document a count of known previous CT (any type of CT) and cardiac nuclear medicine (myocardial perfusion or infarct avid imaging) studies that the patient has received in the 12-month period prior to the current study.