Measure Name
dren Who Received Reliever Medication While Hospitalized for Asthma Y@N
dren Who Received Systemic Corticosteroid Medication (oral and IV Medication That Reduces Inflammation and Controls Symptoms) While Hospitalized for Asthma @T@N
dren and their Caregivers Who Received a Home Management Plan of Care Document While Hospitalized for Asthma @N
age number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG (a lower number of minutes is better) @X@N
t Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge M@N
t Attack Patients Given Fibrinolytic Medication Within 30 Minutes Of Arrival @W@N
t Attack Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival Y@N
t Attack Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling @X@N
t Attack Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge <@N
atients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival (higher numbers are better) M@N
t Failure Patients Given an Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic (LVS) Function @W@N
monia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination X@N
monia Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Pneumonia Patients Whose Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To The Administration Of The First Hospital Dose Of Antibiotics
Heart surgery patients whose blood sugar (blood glucose) is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal by the end of surgery.
Patients who got treatment at the right time (within 24 hours before or after their surgery) to help prevent blood clots after certain types of surgery
Surgery patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery, who had hair removed using a safer method (electric clippers or hair removal cream – not a razor)
Surgery patients who were given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection
Surgery patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on the beta blockers during the period just before and after their surgery
Surgery patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Surgery patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Surgery patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery.