Choice of Measures Sample Clauses

Choice of Measures. Hospitals’ comments about choice of measures ranged from criticism of current measures to remarks about what types of measures participating institutions would like to see. For example, one or more hospitals: • Disagree with the choice of the pneumonia vaccine measure; the vaccine is often not administered in the hospital • Note that the ACE inhibitor measure is outdated • View inclusion of patient satisfaction measures as key to represent quality care • Stress that measures should embody “practical” considerations such as number of work days missed or how quickly people return to work when discharged; at the same time, CMS needs to engage in more nationwide dialogue about the measures • Agree with that the starter set measures are valid process measures but would rather see outcome measures • Need to encourage more physician input into refining measures, particularly because the long-term success of the Initiative could be jeopardized if common definitions cannot be found that satisfy physicians • Applaud the fact that starter set measures represent current evidence-based practice guidelines, and that they are not as sensitive to documentation issues as other measures that could have been selected, such as smoking cessation.