This measure calculates the authorization rate for organ donation (defined as authorizations per 100 approaches) among referred potential organ donors or their next of kin within the Organ Procurement Organization’s (OPO’s) donation service area (DSA) in a calendar year.
ePC06 is a hospital level performance score reported as the rate per 1,000 full term newborns with no preexisting conditions who had Unexpected Newborn Complications, calculated per calendar year.
The Excess Days in Acute Care (EDAC) After Hospitalization for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (hereafter “COPD EDAC") measure assesses days spent in acute care within 30 days of discharge from an inpatient hospitalization for COPD. This measure is intended to improve care transition quality for discharged patients hospitalized for COPD by collectively measuring a set of adverse acute care outcomes that can occur post-discharge: emergency department (ED) visits, observation stays, and unplanned readmissions, at any time during the 30 days post-discharge.
The Excess Days in Acute Care (EDAC) After Hospitalization for Diabetes (hereafter “Diabetes EDAC") measure assesses days spent in acute care within 30 days of discharge from an inpatient hospitalization for diabetes. This measure is intended to improve care transition quality for discharged patients hospitalized for diabetes by collectively measuring a set of adverse acute care outcomes that can occur post-discharge: emergency department (ED) visits, observation stays, and unplanned readmissions at any time during the 30 days post-discharge.
The Excess Days in Acute Care (EDAC) After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery (hereafter “CABG EDAC") measure assesses days spent in acute care within 30 days of discharge from an inpatient hospitalization for an isolated CABG procedure.
Excess Days in Acute Care (EDAC) Following Elective Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) and/or Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) (hereafter, “THA/TKA EDAC”) measure assesses days spent in acute care within 30 days of discharge from a hospitalization for an elective primary inpatient THA/TKA.
Percentage of patients, aged 18 years and older, who died with cancer admitted to the ICU in the last 30 days of life
Percentage of patients, aged 18 years and older, who died with cancer and were enrolled in hospice for at least 3 days immediately before death
Percentage of patients, aged 18 years and older, who died with cancer receiving systemic cancer-directed therapy in the last 14 days of life
Percentage of patients, aged 18 years and older, who died with cancer receiving systemic cancer-directed therapy in the last 30 days of life
Percentage of patients, aged 18 years and older, who died with cancer with more than one emergency department and/or observation visit in the last 30 days of life