NQMC Update Service: December 23, 2013 ▲ British Medical Association

NQMC Update Service: December 23, 2013

December 23, 2013

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Measure Summaries British Medical Association Cancer: the contractor establishes and maintains a register of all cancer patients defined as a 'register of patients with a diagnosis of cancer excluding non-melanotic skin cancers diagnosed on or after 1 April 2003.' This updates a previously published measure summary. Cancer: the percentage of patients with cancer, diagnosed within the preceding 15 months, who have a patient review recorded as occurring within 3 months of the contractor receiving confirmation of the diagnosis. This updates a previously published measure summary. Chronic kidney disease (CKD): the contractor establishes and maintains a register of patients aged 18 or over with CKD (U.S. National Kidney Foundation: Stage 3 to 5 CKD). This updates a previously published measure summary. Chronic kidney disease (CKD): the percentage of patients on the CKD register in whom the last blood pressure reading (measured in the preceding 12 months) is 140/85 mmHg or less. This updates a previously published measure summary. Chronic kidney disease (CKD): the percentage of patients on the CKD register whose notes have a record of a urine albumin:creatinine ratio (or protein:creatinine ratio) test in the preceding 12 months.This updates a previously published measure summary. Chronic kidney disease (CKD): the percentage of patients on the CKD register with hypertension and proteinuria who are currently treated with an ACE-I or ARB. This updates a previously published measure summary. Mental health: the contractor establishes and maintains a register of patients with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and other psychoses and other patients on lithium therapy. This updates a previously published measure summary. Mental health: the percentage of patients aged 40 years or over with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and other psychoses who have a record of blood glucose or HbA1c in the preceding 12 months. This updates a previously published measure summary. Mental health: the percentage of patients aged 40 years or over with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and other psychoses who have a record of total cholesterol:HDL ratio in the preceding 12 months. This updates a previously published measure summary. Mental health: the percentage of patients on lithium therapy with a record of lithium levels in the therapeutic range in the preceding 4 months. This updates a previously published measure summary. Mental health: the percentage of patients on lithium therapy with a record of serum creatinine and TSH in the preceding 9 months. This updates a previously published measure summary. Mental health: the percentage of patients with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and other psychoses who have a comprehensive care plan documented in the record, in the preceding 12 months, agreed between individuals, their family and/or carers as appropriate. This updates a previously published measure summary. Mental health: the percentage of patients with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and other psychoses who have a record of alcohol consumption in the preceding 12 months. This updates a previously published measure summary. Mental health: the percentage of patients with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and other psychoses who have a record of blood pressure in the preceding 12 months. This updates a previously published measure summary. Mental health: the percentage of patients with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and other psychoses who have a record of BMI in the preceding 12 months. This updates a previously published measure summary. Mental health: the percentage of women aged 25 years or over and who have not attained the age of 65 with schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and other psychoses whose notes record that a cervical screening test has been performed in the preceding 5 years. This updates a previously published measure summary.