NEW! National Quality Improvement Goals Data
As of April 2008, National Quality Improvement Goal (ORYX) information for the reporting period October 2006 though September 2007 is available on the Quality Check website. This update includes:
- New! Pneumonia Care Measure (PN 5c / 14454) - Initial Antibiotic Received within 6 Hours of Hospital Arrival rates are displayed.
- Updated! Children’s Asthma Care (CAC) measure rates are displayed.
- Updated! CMS 30-Day Mortality Measures - Updated CMS 30-day mortality measure data for heart attack and heart failure discharges July 2005 through June 2006 is reported. The data file was last updated by CMS on December 11, 2007. As the Joint Commission updates the NQIG data quarterly, we will include the most recently available CMS mortality data file in our process.
January 2008
CMS 30-day Mortality Measures for Heart Attack and Heart Failure Available on Quality Check
The Joint Commission has posted on Quality Check™ (www.qualitycheck.org) performance results of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 30-day mortality measures for heart attack and heart failure. The measures are currently posted for pre-review by accredited hospitals on The Joint Commission Connect extranet site. These same measures were first posted by CMS in June 2007 on its Hospital Compare website. CMS displayed this information after developing and testing the measures last year. The Joint Commission’s posting of the data coincides with the release of the current performance measure results for the third quarter of 2007. The CMS 30-day mortality measure data reporting period includes discharges from July 2005 through June 2006. CMS last updated its data file on September 13, 2007. The Joint Commission will continue to update its National Quality Improvement Goals data quarterly, which will include the most recently available CMS mortality data file.
Patient mortality is one of the most important outcomes of care. Incorporating this information into Quality Check supports consumer health care decision making and the transparency of reporting efforts. Derived from CMS reports, the mortality measures are from more than 4,500 hospitals across the country. They are risk-adjusted and take into account previous health problems to help “level the playing field” among hospitals. Developed over five years by a team of experts from Yale and Harvard Universities, the measures are endorsed by the National Quality Forum, a voluntary standard-setting, consensus building organization representing providers, consumers, purchasers, and researchers.
National Quality Improvement Goals Data
As of January 2008, National Quality Improvement Goal (ORYX) information for the reporting period July 2006 though June 2007 and the new Children’s Asthma Care measure set is available on the Quality Check website.
- Children’s Asthma Care (CAC) Measure Set is displayed as a placeholder. Measure rates will be displayed on the next report.
- SCIP Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Measure rates are available! This includes SCIP-VTE-1 and SCIP-VTE-2 measure rates.