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This measure provides a standardized method for monitoring the performance of diagnostic CT to discourage unnecessarily high radiation doses, a risk factor for cancer, while preserving image quality. This measure is expressed as a percentage of CT exams that are out-of-range based on having either…
This measure provides a standardized method for monitoring the performance of diagnostic CT to discourage unnecessarily high radiation doses, a risk factor for cancer, while preserving image quality. This measure is expressed as a percentage of CT exams that are out-of-range based on having either…
PC-05 Exclusive breast milk feeding during the newborn's entire hospitalization.
The measure is reported as an overall rate which includes all newborns that were exclusively fed breast milk during the entire hospitalization.
This measure assesses the percentage of hospitalizations of adults aged 65 years and older at the start of the inpatient encounter during the measurement period, with a length of stay equal to or greater than 24 hours, who received optimal malnutrition care where care performed was appropriate to…
This measure assesses the percentage of hospitalizations for adults aged 65 years and older at the start of the inpatient encounter during the measurement period with a length of stay equal to or greater than 24 hours who received optimal malnutrition care during the current inpatient…
The measure assesses the number of inpatient hospitalizations for patients age 18 and older who have an acute kidney injury (stage 2 or greater) that occurred during the encounter. Acute kidney injury (AKI) stage 2 or greater is defined as a substantial increase in serum creatinine value, or by the…
The measure assesses the number of inpatient hospitalizations for patients age 18 and older who have an acute kidney injury (AKI) stage 2 or greater that occurred during the encounter. AKI stage 2 or greater is defined as a substantial increase in serum creatinine value, or by the initiation of…
This ratio measure assesses the number of inpatient hospitalizations where at least one fall with a major or moderate injury occurs among the total qualifying inpatient hospital days for patients age 18 years and older
This measure assesses the number of inpatient hospitalizations for patients age 18 and older who have been administered an opioid medication outside of the operating room and are subsequently administered a non-enteral opioid antagonist outside of the operating room within 12 hours, an indication…
