NQMC Update Service: August 27, 2012

August 27, 2012

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New This Week

Measure Summaries

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

• Management of labor: percentage of patients with protracted labor who are administered oxytocin. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Management of labor: percentage of women who are assessed for risk status on entry to labor and delivery. This updates a previously published measure summary.

National Committee for Quality Assurance

• Comprehensive diabetes care: percentage of members 18 to 75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) who had a LDL-C screening performed. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Comprehensive diabetes care: percentage of members 18 to 75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) who had an eye exam (retinal) performed. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Comprehensive diabetes care: percentage of members 18 to 75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) who had hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) testing. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Comprehensive diabetes care: percentage of members 18 to 75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) who received medical attention for nephropathy. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Comprehensive diabetes care: percentage of members 18 to 75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) whose most recent blood pressure reading is less than 140/80 mm Hg (controlled). This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Comprehensive diabetes care: percentage of members 18 to 75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) whose most recent blood pressure reading is less than 140/90 mm Hg (controlled). This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Comprehensive diabetes care: percentage of members 18 to 75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) whose most recent hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level is greater than 9.0% (poorly controlled). This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Comprehensive diabetes care: percentage of members 18 to 75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) whose most recent hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level is less than 7.0% (controlled). This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Comprehensive diabetes care: percentage of members 18 to 75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) whose most recent hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level is less than 8.0% (controlled). This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Comprehensive diabetes care: percentage of members 18 to 75 years of age with diabetes (type 1 and type 2) whose most recent LDL-C level is less than 100 mg/dL. This updates a previously published measure summary.

Announcements

Coming Soon

• Updated Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Quality Collaboration Measures. Look for these measures in NQMC in the near future!

Newly Submitted

• HealthPartners Total Cost of Care and Resource Use Measures.

Conference News

• The AHRQ 2012 Annual Conference, "Moving Ahead: Leveraging Knowledge and Action to Improve Health Care Quality," will be held September 9-11, 2012 in Bethesda, MD. Visit the conference home page for more information! Registration is now open.

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 Resources

• Find Innovations and QualityTools classified by disease or clinical category, patient population, setting of care, stage of care, and more in AHRQ's Health Care Innovations Exchange Web site.
• Look for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC).