NQMC Update Service: April 1, 2013 || Regents of the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center

NQMC Update Service: April 1, 2013

NQMC Update Service: April 1, 2013

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sent this bulletin at 04/01/2013 12:00 PM EDT

April 1, 2013

New This Week

Measure Summaries Regents of the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center Emergency department transfer communication: percentage of patients transferred to another healthcare facility whose medical record documentation indicated that administrative (i.e., pre-transfer) communication elements were communicated to the receiving hospital within 60 minutes of departure. This updates a previously published measure summary. Emergency department transfer communication: percentage of patients transferred to another healthcare facility whose medical record documentation indicated that medication information elements were communicated to the receiving facility within 60 minutes of departure. This updates a previously published measure summary. Emergency department transfer communication: percentage of patients transferred to another healthcare facility whose medical record documentation indicated that nurse generated information elements were communicated to the receiving facility within 60 minutes of departure. This updates a previously published measure summary. Emergency department transfer communication: percentage of patients transferred to another healthcare facility whose medical record documentation indicated that patient information elements were communicated to the receiving facility within 60 minutes of departure. This updates a previously published measure summary. Emergency department transfer communication: percentage of patients transferred to another healthcare facility whose medical record documentation indicated that physician or mid-level practitioner generated information elements were communicated to the receiving facility within 60 minutes of departure. This updates a previously published measure summary. Emergency department transfer communication: percentage of patients transferred to another healthcare facility whose medical record documentation indicated that procedures and tests were completed and the results were communicated to the receiving facility within 60 minutes of departure or when available. This updates a previously published measure summary. Emergency department transfer communication: percentage of patients transferred to another healthcare facility whose medical record documentation indicated that vital signs elements were communicated to the receiving facility within 60 minutes of departure. This updates a previously published measure summary.