Mary is 58 years old and generally in good health. She doesn't smoke, but does have hypertension and a family history of myocardial infarction. Mary goes to the emergency department for prolonged left shoulder and upper back pain which had begun after dinner. The emergency department physician knows that women may have atypical symptoms during an acute coronary event and evaluates Mary’s heart as a possible source of her pain. Her electrocardiogram indicated a myocardial infarction. Mary follows up with her primary care physician who reviews her medications and prescribes her aspirin, a beta-blocker, and simvastatin.1
Making sure Mary has the recommended medication interventions can not only prevent a future trip to the emergency room with another MI, but can also give her more healthy years to look forward to.
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0067 | Percentage of patients with CAD who were prescribed antiplatelet therapy |
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0070e | Percentage of patients with prior myocardial infarction at any time who were prescribed beta-blocker therapy |
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0074 | Percentage of patients with CAD who were prescribed a lipid-lowering therapy |
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Each of the Clinical Quality Measures has an NQF number, indicating that it has received endorsement from the National Quality Forum (NQF), a nonprofit organization with the mission to improve the quality of American healthcare. NQF uses a formal Consensus Development Process (CDP) to evaluate and endorse consensus standards, including performance measures. This process includes gathering input on performance measures from a wide variety of stakeholders including consumer organizations and health care providers.6
Produced by Meaningful Use Quality Workgroup – February 14, 2013