Biopsy Follow-Up
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of new patients whose biopsy results have been reviewed and communicated to the primary care/referring physician and patient.
Numerator
Patients whose biopsy results have been reviewed and communicated to the primary care/referring physician and the patient by the provider and/or office and medical team. There must also be acknowledgement and/or documentation of the communication in a biopsy tracking log and document in the patient's medical record.
Denominator
All new patients undergoing a biopsy.
Exclusions
Clinician documented reason that patient's biopsy results were not reviewed, [e.g., patient asks that biopsy results not be communicated to the primary care/referring physician, patient does not have a primary care/referring physician or is a self-referred patient]
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Paper Medical Records Registries.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Program (CMS and Providers) CMS Provider Compare - Doctors & Clinicians (Publicly reported) - data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/7d6a-e7a6.