Percentage of patients ages 18 and older presenting to the Emergency Department with cardiac arrest who received point-of care ultrasound
Measure Type: Process
Syphilis testing among ED patients with a positive pregnancy test
Percentage of patients with a positive pregnancy identification in an ED for whom a Syphilis test was ordered.
Emergency Medicine: Coagulation Studies in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with No Coagulopathy or Bleeding
Percentage of emergency department visits for patients aged 18 years and older during which coagulation studies were ordered by an emergency care provider.
Hepatitis B Safety Screening
If a patient is newly initiating biologic OR new synthetic DMARD therapy (e.g. methotrexate, leflunomide, etc.), then the medical record should indicate appropriate screening for hepatitis B in the preceding 12 month period.
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.
Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention for Patients with Asthma and COPD
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a diagnosis of asthma or COPD seen in the ED and discharged who were screened for tobacco use during any ED encounter AND who received tobacco cessation intervention if identified as a tobacco user
Foley Catheter: Appropriate Foley catheter use in the emergency department
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
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