NQMC Update Service: January 28, 2013 ► Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

NQMC Update Service: January 28, 2013

NQMC Update Service: January 28, 2013

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 01/28/2013 08:11 PM EST

January 28, 2013

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New This Week

Measure Summaries

January 28, 2013

Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of patients who commit suicide at any time in primary care. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of patients who have a depression follow-up contact within six months of initiating treatment.

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of patients who have a depression follow-up contact within three months of initiating treatment. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of patients who have had a response to treatment at 12 months (+/- 30 days) after initiating treatment, e.g., have had a PHQ-9 score decreased by 50% from initial score.

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of patients who have had a response to treatment at six months (+/- 30 days) after initiating treatment, e.g., have had a PHQ-9 score decreased by 50% from initial score at six months (+/- 30 days). This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of patients who have reached remission at 12 months (+/- 30 days) after initiating treatment, e.g., have any PHQ-9 score less than 5 after 12 months (+/- 30 days).

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of patients who have reached remission at six months (+/- 30 days) after initiating treatment, e.g., have any PHQ-9 score less than 5 after six months (+/- 30 days). This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of patients whose symptoms are reassessed by the use of a quantitative symptom assessment tool (such as PHQ-9) within six months of initiating treatment.

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of patients whose symptoms are reassessed by the use of a quantitative symptom assessment tool (such as PHQ-9) within three months of initiating treatment. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of patients with a new diagnosis of major depression or dysthymia with documentation of DSM-IV TR criteria within the three months prior to initial diagnosis. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of patients with cardiovascular disease with documentation of screening for major depression.

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of patients with chronic pain with documentation of screening for major depression.

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of patients with diabetes with documentation of screening for depression. This updates a previously published measure summary.

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of patients with major depression who are assessed for the presence of substance abuse at the time of diagnosis or within six months of diagnosis for major depression.

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of patients with major depression whose primary care records show documentation of any communication between the primary care physician and the mental health care clinician.

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of perinatal patients with documentation of screening for major depression.

• Major depression in adults in primary care: percentage of post-stroke patients with documentation of screening for major depression.