The National Quality Forum Board of Directors has endorsed 14 patient safety measures with a focus on complications.
The measures address a range of quality concerns, including medication safety, venous thromboembolism, surgical safety and care coordination. The endorsed measures are as follows:
• 0022: Use of High Risk Medications in the Elderly (NCQA)
• 0372: Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis (Joint Commission)
• 0373: Venous Thromboembolism Patients with Anticoagulant Overlap Therapy (Joint Commission)
• 0450: Postoperative Pulmonary Embolism or Deep Vein Thrombosis Rate (PSI 12) (AHRQ)
• 0267: Wrong Site, Wrong Side, Wrong Patient, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Implant (Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Collaboration)
• 0344: Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate (PDI 1) (AHRQ)
• 0345: Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate (PSI 15) (AHRQ)
• 0362: Foreign Body left after procedure (PDI 3) (AHRQ)
• 0363: Foreign Body Left During Procedure (PSI 5) (AHRQ)
• 0263: Patient Burn (Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Collaboration)
• 0346: Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Rate (PSI 6) (AHRQ)
• 0348: Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Rate (PDI 5) (AHRQ)
• 0349: Transfusion Reaction (PSI 16) (AHRQ) (reserve status)
• 0350: Transfusion Reaction (PDI 13) (AHRQ) (reserve status)
The measures address a range of quality concerns, including medication safety, venous thromboembolism, surgical safety and care coordination. The endorsed measures are as follows:
• 0022: Use of High Risk Medications in the Elderly (NCQA)
• 0372: Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis (Joint Commission)
• 0373: Venous Thromboembolism Patients with Anticoagulant Overlap Therapy (Joint Commission)
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• 0450: Postoperative Pulmonary Embolism or Deep Vein Thrombosis Rate (PSI 12) (AHRQ)
• 0267: Wrong Site, Wrong Side, Wrong Patient, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Implant (Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Collaboration)
• 0344: Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate (PDI 1) (AHRQ)
• 0345: Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate (PSI 15) (AHRQ)
• 0362: Foreign Body left after procedure (PDI 3) (AHRQ)
• 0363: Foreign Body Left During Procedure (PSI 5) (AHRQ)
• 0263: Patient Burn (Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Collaboration)
• 0346: Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Rate (PSI 6) (AHRQ)
• 0348: Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Rate (PDI 5) (AHRQ)
• 0349: Transfusion Reaction (PSI 16) (AHRQ) (reserve status)
• 0350: Transfusion Reaction (PDI 13) (AHRQ) (reserve status)
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