AHRQ Issues New CAHPS Surgical Care Survey Measure Summaries

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.  

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