Measure Title: Avoidance of Echocardiogram and Carotid Ultrasound for Syncope
Measure Description: Percentage of Patients Presenting with Syncope Who Did Not Have an Echocardiogram or Carotid Ultrasound Ordered
Denominator: Any patient greater than or equal to 18 years of age evaluated by the Eligible Professional PLUS, Admitted or Placed in Observation Status PLUS Diagnosis of Syncope (Transferred, eloped, AMA or expired patients are excluded)
Numerator: Patients That Did NOT Have an Echocardiogram or Carotid Ultrasound Ordered
Denominator Exclusions: None
Denominator Exceptions: Cardiac Etiology of Syncope Suspected or Determined (i.e. abnormal cardiac exam (new murmur, bruit), abnormal EKG, cardiac dysrhythmia, abnormal cardiac biomarkers, chest pain, shortness of breath, known heart disease, known or suspected structural heart disease); Neurologic Etiology of Syncope Suspected or Determined (i.e. abnormal neurologic exam, focal neurologic deficit)
NQF ID Number: N/A
NQS Domain: Effective Clinical Care
High Priority Measure: Yes
Measure Type: Process
Includes Teleheatlh: Yes
Inverse Measure: No
Proportional Measure: Yes
Continuous Variable Measure: No
Ratio Measure: No
Number of performance rates to be calculated and submitted: 1
Risk-Adjusted Status: No
Care Setting: Hospital; Hospital Inpatient
Submission Pathway: Traditional MIPS