National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC)The latest news from National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC), a public repository for evidence-based quality measures and measure sets.Potentially harmful drug-disease interactions in the elderly: percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older who have a diagnosis of chronic- January 1, 2006 This measure is used to assess the percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older who have a diagnosis of chronic renal failure and prescription for non-aspirin NSAIDs or Cox-2 Selective NSAIDs concurrent with or after the diagnosis. This measure is a component of a composite measure. Three separate rates and a combined rate are reported. The other two rates pertain to: History of falls and a prescription for tricyclic antidepressants, antipsychotics or sleep gents (see the related.http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=10074 Potentially harmful drug-disease interactions in the elderly: percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older who have a diagnosis of dementi- January 1, 2006 This measure is used to assess the percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older who have a diagnosis of dementia and a prescription for tricyclic antidepressants or anticholinergic agents concurrent with or after the diagnosis. This measure is a component of a composite measure. Three separate rates and a combined rate are reported. The other two rates pertain to: History of falls and a prescription for tricyclic antidepressants, antipsychotics or sleep gents (see the related...http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=10073 Potentially harmful drug-disease interactions in the elderly: percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older who have a history of falls and- January 1, 2006 This measure is used to assess the percentage of Medicare members 65 years of age and older who have a history of falls and a prescription for tricyclic antidepressants, antipsychotics or sleep agents concurrent with or after the diagnosis. This measure is a component of a composite measure. Three separate rates and a combined rate are reported. The other two rates pertain to: Dementia and a prescription for tricyclic antidepressants or anticholinergic agents (see the related National...http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=10072 |