Linda is a 38 year old woman with a 2 year old daughter. She also frequently cares for her 78 year old father. Every September Linda sees Dr. Lee, her primary care physician, for a routine visit. Caring for both a child and a parent can be stressful, so at her most recent visit Linda asked Dr. Lee what she could do keep herself and her family in good health. Dr. Lee advised Linda to make sure she and her family are all up to date on their vaccinations each year. Dr. Lee provides Linda with an influenza vaccination during the visit and Linda immediately schedules appointments with her daughter's pediatrician and her father's primary care physician to make sure each of them receives their required vaccinations.
Appropriate vaccinations will not only help to protect Linda , her daughter, and her father from potentially fatal infectious diseases, but will help Linda be able to continue caring for her family.
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NQF# Not Applicable | Percentage of children 2 years of age who had DTaP/DT, 3 IPV, 1 MMR, 3 H Influenza Type B, 3 Hepatitis B, 1 chicken pox (VZV), and 4 pneumococcal conjugate vaccines by their 2nd birthday. | All patients:
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0041e | Percentage of patients who received an influenza vaccination. | All patients:
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NQF# Not Applicable | Percentage of patients 65 years of age and older who ever received a pneumococcal vaccination | All patients:
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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.5
Produced by Meaningful Use Quality Workgroup - March 22, 2013