NQMC Update Service: July 20, 2015

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 07/20/2015 12:10 PM EDT

National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC)

July 20, 2015

New This Week

Measure Summaries

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

Hypertension diagnosis and treatment: percentage of adult patients age greater than or equal to 18 years diagnosed with chronic kidney disease whose blood pressure is at SBP less than 140 mmHg and DBP less than 90 mmHg.

Hypertension diagnosis and treatment: percentage of adult patients age greater than or equal to 18 years diagnosed with diabetes whose blood pressure is at SBP less than 140 mmHg and DBP less than 90 mmHg. This updates a previously published measure summary.

Hypertension diagnosis and treatment: percentage of adult patients age greater than or equal to 18 years diagnosed with hypertension who are not at goal for hypertension and have received counseling on diet and physical activity in the past 12 months.

Hypertension diagnosis and treatment: percentage of adult patients age less than 60 years diagnosed with hypertension whose blood pressure is at SBP less than 140 mmHg and DBP less than 90 mmHg. This updates a previously published measure summary.

Hypertension diagnosis and treatment: percentage of patients age greater than or equal to 60 years diagnosed with hypertension whose blood pressure is at SBP less than 150 mmHg and DBP less than 90 mmHg.

Quality Measurement, Evaluation, Testing, Review, and Implementation Consortium (Q-METRIC)

Availability of services: does the state collect and report specific CAHPS results regarding whether parents of Medicaid-enrolled children get treatment or counseling services for their children when their children experience emotional, developmental, or behavioral problems?

Availability of services: does the state report specific CAHPS results regarding whether parents of Medicaid-enrolled children get specialty care appointments for their children when needed?

Announcements

Conference News

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is excited to announce that its research conference will be held October 4–6, 2015 in Crystal City, VA. The conference will bring authorities in health care research and policy together to participate in sessions focused on addressing today's challenges in improving quality, safety, access and value in health care. Visit the conference home page for more information.

Coming Soon

Updated American Urological Association Prostate Cancer Measures. Look for these measures in NQMC in the near future!

How to Participate

Submit measures: Visit our Submit Measures page for information on how to submit your organization's measures.
Suggest a measure for possible inclusion: Submit your suggestions for evidence-based quality measures and measure sets that you would like to see included in NQMC.

NQMC Sister Resource

Look for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC).

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