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Microbiology: percentage of validated CSF results from ED for microscopy (+/- gram stain) with a turnaround time (collected to validated time) less than 60 minutes, during the 1 to 2 month time period. 2011 Jan. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:006809
Australian Council on Healthcare Standards - Health Care Accreditation Organization. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Microbiology: percentage of validated CSF results from ED with a microscopy (+/- gram stain) with a turnaround time (received to validated time) less than 40 minutes, during the 1 to 2 month time period. 2011 Jan. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:006808
Australian Council on Healthcare Standards - Health Care Accreditation Organization. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair: volume. 2010 Sep. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:005525
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Federal Government Agency [U.S.]. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Carotid endarterectomy (CEA): volume. 2010 Sep. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:005528
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Federal Government Agency [U.S.]. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): volume. 2010 Sep. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:005526
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Federal Government Agency [U.S.]. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Esophageal resection: volume. 2010 Sep. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:005523
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Federal Government Agency [U.S.]. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Osteoarthritis: percentage of patient visits for patients aged 21 and older with a diagnosis of osteoarthritis with assessment for function and pain. 2010 Sep. NQMC:001959
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Medical Specialty Society; Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement® - Clinical Specialty Collaboration. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Pancreatic resection: volume. 2010 Sep. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:005524
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Federal Government Agency [U.S.]. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA): volume. 2010 Sep. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:005527
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Federal Government Agency [U.S.]. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Breast cancer: the proportion of invasive cancer cases with primary surgery, for which the following prognostic/predictive parameters have been recorded: histological type; grading (according to EU guidelines); ER & PgR; HER 2; pathological stage (T and N); size in mm for the invasive component; peritumoral vascular invasion; and distance to nearest radial margin. 2010 Jun. NQMC:007403
European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists - Clinical Specialty Collaboration. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Breast cancer: the proportion of non-invasive cancer cases for which the following prognostic/predictive parameters have been recorded: dominant histologic pattern; size in mm (best pathology or radiology estimate if 2 stage pathology); grading (according to EU Guidelines); and distance to nearest radial margin. 2010 Jun. NQMC:007404
European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists - Clinical Specialty Collaboration. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Breast cancer: the proportion of patients with N+ or N- T > 1 cm HER2+ (IHC 3+ or FISH+) invasive carcinoma treated with chemotherapy and who had adjuvant trastuzumab. 2010 Jun. NQMC:007415
European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists - Clinical Specialty Collaboration. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Colorectal cancer screening: percentage of African American or American Indian patients age 45 and older who are up-to-date with colorectal cancer screening. 2010 May. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:006164
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement - Nonprofit Organization. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Cancer - depression and psychosocial distress: percentage of patients treated for depression for whom a response to therapy was documented within 6 weeks. 2010 Apr. NQMC:006132
RAND Corporation - Nonprofit Research Organization. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Cancer - nausea and vomiting: percentage of outpatients not receiving chemotherapy or radiation who were treated for nausea or vomiting with an antiemetic medication for whom the effectiveness of treatment was evaluated before or on the next visit to the same outpatient site. 2010 Apr. NQMC:006139
RAND Corporation - Nonprofit Research Organization. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Cancer - pain: percentage of patients whose outpatient cancer pain regimen changed for whom there was an assessment of the effectiveness of the treatment at or before the next outpatient visit with that provider or at another cancer-related outpatient visit. 2010 Apr. NQMC:006125
RAND Corporation - Nonprofit Research Organization. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Melanoma: percentage of patients who undergo a sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for melanoma for whom the sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) are examined with serial sectioning/hematoxylin and eosin (HE) and with immunohistochemistry (IHC) if the HE analysis is negative or equivocal (i.e., S-100, HMB-45, and MART-1). 2009 Nov. NQMC:007196
American College of Surgeons - Medical Specialty Society. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Family members' satisfaction with care in the intensive care unit: mean score on the "Satisfaction with Care" scale on the Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit© (FS-ICU 24) questionnaire. 2006 Aug. NQMC:005616
Heyland, Daren K., MD, MSc - Independent Author(s). View all measures by the developer(s)

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Home health care: percentage of patients who are confused less often. 2002 Feb. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:000574
Center for Health Services Research, University of Colorado, under contract to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Academic Affiliated Research Institute. View all measures by the developer(s)

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Home health care: percentage of patients who get better at bathing. 2002 Feb. [NQMC Update Pending] NQMC:000543
Center for Health Services Research, University of Colorado, under contract to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Academic Affiliated Research Institute. View all measures by the developer(s)

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