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Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy

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Measure Information 2025 Reporting Period
Title Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy
CMS eCQM ID CMS104v13
Short Name

STK-2

CBE ID* Not Applicable
Measure Steward The Joint Commission
Description

Ischemic stroke patients prescribed or continuing to take antithrombotic therapy at hospital discharge

Measure Scoring Proportion measure
Measure Type Process
Stratification

None

Risk Adjustment

None

Rationale

The effectiveness of antithrombotic agents in reducing stroke mortality, stroke-related morbidity and recurrence rates has been studied in several large clinical trials. While the use of these agents for patients with acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attacks continues to be...

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Clinical Recommendation Statement

Clinical trial results suggest that antithrombotic therapy should be prescribed at discharge following acute ischemic stroke to reduce stroke mortality and morbidity if no contraindications exist

Improvement Notation

Improvement noted as an increase in rate

Definition

None

Guidance

The "Nonelective Inpatient Encounter" value set intends to capture all non-scheduled hospitalizations. This value set is a subset of the "Inpatient encounter" value set, excluding concepts that specifically refer to elective hospital admissions. Non-elective admissions include emergency,...

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Initial Population

Inpatient hospitalizations (non-elective admissions) for patients age 18 and older, discharged from inpatient care with a principal diagnosis of ischemic stroke, ending during the measurement period

Denominator

Equals Initial Population

Denominator Exclusions

- Inpatient hospitalizations for patients admitted for elective carotid intervention. This exclusion is implicitly modeled by only including non-elective hospitalizations.

- Inpatient hospitalizations for patients discharged to another hospital

- Inpatient hospitalizations for patients who...

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Numerator

Inpatient hospitalizations for patients prescribed or continuing to take antithrombotic therapy at hospital discharge

Numerator Exclusions

Not Applicable

Denominator Exceptions

- Inpatient hospitalizations for patients with a documented reason for not prescribing antithrombotic therapy at discharge

- Inpatient hospitalizations for patients who receive Prasugrel as an antithrombotic therapy at discharge

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Last Updated: May 06, 2025