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Hospital Outpatient Department

The primary purpose of these measures is to promote high quality care for patients receiving services in hospital outpatient settings.

 

There are no Hospital Outpatient Department eCQMs applicable or available for Accreditation purposes.

The following are Hospital Outpatient Department chart abstracted measures used by The Joint Commission.

  • OP-18 Median Time from ED Arrival to ED Department for Discharged ED Patients
  • OP-23 Head CT or MRI Scan Results for Acute Ischemic Stroke or Hemorrhagic Stroke Patients Who Received Head CT or MRI Scan Interpretation Within 45 minutes of ED Arrival
Specifications for these measures are available below: 

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Note: The Hospital Outpatient Quality measures were developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide a uniform set of quality measures to be implemented in hospital outpatient settings.

There are no Hospital Outpatient Department eCQMs applicable or available for Certification purposes.

There are no Hospital Outpatient Department chart abstracted measures applicable or available for Certification purposes.

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