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NQF-Endorsed Measures

The list below identifies measures represented in the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (NQMC) that have been endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF) -- a not-for-profit membership organization created to develop and implement a national strategy for health care quality measurement and reporting. NQF endorses performance measures as national voluntary consensus standards through their consensus development process.

The National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (NQMC) represents 417 measures that have been endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF).

To view a measure summary, click on a measure title below.

Items 1 to 20 of 417

	Measures
	Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair: mortality rate. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2008 Feb NQMC:004072

	Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair: volume. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2008 Feb NQMC:004064

	Accidental puncture or laceration (provider level): rate per 1,000 discharges. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2008 Mar NQMC:004056

	Accidental puncture or laceration: rate per 1,000 eligible discharges. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2007 Mar NQMC:002327

	Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): 30-day mortality rate. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission, Yale-New Haven Health Systems Corporation/Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation under contract to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2009 Oct NQMC:003224

	Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): percentage of members 18 years of age and older during the measurement year who were hospitalized and discharged alive from July 1 of the year prior to the measurement year to June 30 of the measurement year with a diagnosis of AMI and who received persistent beta-blocker treatment for six months after discharge. National Committee for Quality Assurance 2008 Jul NQMC:004234

	Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): thirty-day all-cause risk standardized readmission rate following AMI hospitalization. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission, Yale-New Haven Health Systems Corporation/Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation under contract to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2009 Oct NQMC:005206

	Acute myocardial infarction/chest pain: median time from emergency department (ED) arrival to ECG (performed in the ED prior to transfer) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or chest pain patients (with probable cardiac chest pain). Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2009 Jan NQMC:004292

	Acute myocardial infarction/chest pain: percentage of emergency department (ED) acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients or chest pain patients (with probable cardiac chest pain) who received aspirin within 24 hours before ED arrival or prior to transfer. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2009 Jan NQMC:004291

	Acute myocardial infarction: median time from emergency department (ED) arrival to administration of fibrinolytic therapy in ED patients with ST-segment elevation or left bundle branch block (LBBB) on the electrocardiogram (ECG) performed closest to ED arrival and prior to transfer. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2009 Jan NQMC:004288

	Acute myocardial infarction: median time to transfer to another facility for acute coronary intervention. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2009 Jan NQMC:004290

	Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients receiving fibrinolytic therapy during the hospital stay and having a time from hospital arrival to fibrinolysis of 30 minutes or less. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission 2008 Oct NQMC:004344

	Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients receiving primary PCI during the hospital stay with a time from hospital arrival to PCI of 90 minutes or less. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission 2008 Oct NQMC:004346

	Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients who expired during hospital stay. Joint Commission, The 2008 Oct NQMC:004347

	Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients with a history of smoking cigarettes who receive smoking cessation advice or counseling during the hospital stay. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission 2008 Oct NQMC:004340

	Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients with LVSD and without both ACEI and ARB contraindications who are prescribed an ACEI or ARB at hospital discharge. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission 2008 Oct NQMC:004339

	Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients without aspirin contraindications who are prescribed aspirin at hospital discharge. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission 2008 Oct NQMC:004338

	Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients without aspirin contraindications who received aspirin within 24 hours before or after hospital arrival. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission 2008 Oct NQMC:004337

	Acute myocardial infarction: percent of patients without beta-blocker contraindications who are prescribed a beta-blocker at hospital discharge. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/The Joint Commission 2008 Oct NQMC:004341

	Acute myocardial infarction: percentage of emergency department (ED) acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients receiving fibrinolytic therapy during the ED stay and having a time from ED arrival to fibrinolysis of 30 minutes or less. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2009 Jan NQMC:004289

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Date Modified: 3/8/2010