The National Quality Forum has endorsed 19 quality measures related to preventive care.
The measures, which are part of NQF's Population Health: Prevention Endorsement Maintenance project, address a range of clinical preventive care concerns, including influenza and pneumococcal immunizations across a range of healthcare settings and screenings for specific cancers, sexually transmitted infections and osteoporosis.
The endorsed measures include those that have undergone NQF maintenance as well as newly submitted measures for initial endorsement. The measures are as follows:
Endorsed Measures
• 0431 Influenza vaccination among healthcare personnel (CDC)
• 0522 Influenza immunization- home health (CMS)
• 0226 Influenza immunization in the ESRD population (Kidney Care Quality Alliance)
• 0039 Flu shots for ages 50 and over (NCQA)
• 0041 Influenza immunization (AMA-PCPI)
• 1659 Influenza immunization (hospital) (CMS)
• 0043 Pneumonia vaccination for older adults (NCQA)
• 0617 Pneumococcal vaccination (Active Health Management)
• 1653 Pneumococcal immunization (hospital) (CMS)
• 0525 Pneumococcal vaccine ever received (home health) (CMS)
• 0038 Childhood immunizations (NCQA)
Screening
• 0034 Colorectal cancer screening (NCQA)
• 0033 Chlamydia screening (NCQA)
• 0032 Cervical cancer screening (0032)
• 0579 Annual cervical cancer screening for high-risk patients (Resolution Health, Inc.)
• 0037 Osteoporosis testing in older women (NCQA)
• 0046 Osteoporosis screening or therapy for women aged 65 years and older (NCQA)
• 0614 Steroid use- osteoporosis screening (Active Health Management)
• 0629 Male smokers or family history of AAA – screening for AAA (Active Health Management)
The measures, which are part of NQF's Population Health: Prevention Endorsement Maintenance project, address a range of clinical preventive care concerns, including influenza and pneumococcal immunizations across a range of healthcare settings and screenings for specific cancers, sexually transmitted infections and osteoporosis.
The endorsed measures include those that have undergone NQF maintenance as well as newly submitted measures for initial endorsement. The measures are as follows:
Endorsed Measures
• 0431 Influenza vaccination among healthcare personnel (CDC)
• 0522 Influenza immunization- home health (CMS)
• 0226 Influenza immunization in the ESRD population (Kidney Care Quality Alliance)
• 0039 Flu shots for ages 50 and over (NCQA)
• 0041 Influenza immunization (AMA-PCPI)
• 1659 Influenza immunization (hospital) (CMS)
• 0043 Pneumonia vaccination for older adults (NCQA)
• 0617 Pneumococcal vaccination (Active Health Management)
• 1653 Pneumococcal immunization (hospital) (CMS)
• 0525 Pneumococcal vaccine ever received (home health) (CMS)
• 0038 Childhood immunizations (NCQA)
Screening
• 0034 Colorectal cancer screening (NCQA)
• 0033 Chlamydia screening (NCQA)
• 0032 Cervical cancer screening (0032)
• 0579 Annual cervical cancer screening for high-risk patients (Resolution Health, Inc.)
• 0037 Osteoporosis testing in older women (NCQA)
• 0046 Osteoporosis screening or therapy for women aged 65 years and older (NCQA)
• 0614 Steroid use- osteoporosis screening (Active Health Management)
• 0629 Male smokers or family history of AAA – screening for AAA (Active Health Management)
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