The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Quality Measures Clearinghouse has issued new measure summaries for surgical patients' experience.
NQMC is an initiative of the AHRQ. It is a database and website for information on specific evidence-based healthcare quality measures and measure sets. NQMC is sponsored by AHRQ to promote widespread access to quality measures by the healthcare community.
The measure summaries include those for:
• Percentage of surgical patients who reported how well their surgeon communicated with them after surgery.
• Percentage of surgical patients who reported how well their surgeon communicated with them before surgery.
• Percentage of surgical patients who reported whether their surgeon or a health provider from this surgeon's office gave them information to help them prepare for surgery.
• Percentage of surgical patients who reported whether their surgeon or a health provider from this surgeon's office gave them information to help them recover from surgery.
• Percentage of surgical patients who reported whether their surgeon was attentive on the day of surgery.
• Percentage of surgical patients who reported whether their surgeon's office staff was helpful, courteous, and respectful.
• Surgical patient's overall rating of their surgeon.
NQMC is an initiative of the AHRQ. It is a database and website for information on specific evidence-based healthcare quality measures and measure sets. NQMC is sponsored by AHRQ to promote widespread access to quality measures by the healthcare community.
The measure summaries include those for:
• Percentage of surgical patients who reported how well their surgeon communicated with them after surgery.
• Percentage of surgical patients who reported how well their surgeon communicated with them before surgery.
• Percentage of surgical patients who reported whether their surgeon or a health provider from this surgeon's office gave them information to help them prepare for surgery.
• Percentage of surgical patients who reported whether their surgeon or a health provider from this surgeon's office gave them information to help them recover from surgery.
• Percentage of surgical patients who reported whether their surgeon was attentive on the day of surgery.
• Percentage of surgical patients who reported whether their surgeon's office staff was helpful, courteous, and respectful.
• Surgical patient's overall rating of their surgeon.
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