Emergency Department Transfer Communication All or None Composite Calculation
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of patients who are transferred from an emergency department (ED) to another health care facility that have all necessary communication made available to the receiving facility in a timely manner.
Numerator
Patients who are transferred from an ED to another health care facility that have all necessary communication made available to the receiving facility in a timely manner.
Denominator
Number of patients admitted to the emergency department and transferred from the emergency department to another health care facility (e.g., other hospital, nursing home, hospice, etc.).
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Administrative data.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Data reported to: State Flex Office Data available on: MBQIP Data Reports.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Stratis Health. MBQIP Measures Fact Sheets August 2023. Accessed March 15th 2024 www.ruralcenter.org/sites/default/files/2023-08/2023%20update%20MBQIP-Measures-Fact-Sheets.pdf
Technical Specifications
About the program: www.hrsa.gov/rural-health/grants/rural-hospitals/medicare-beneficiary-quality-improvement Data reporting and use: www.ruralcenter.org/resources/data-reporting-and-use Technical information: www.ruralcenter.org/sites/default/files/2023-08/2023%20update%20MBQIP-Measures-Fact-Sheets.pdf
Also in: Casey et al 2012, Are the CMS hospital outpatient quality measures relevant for rural hospitals? Journal of Rural Health 28(3):248-259 Casey et al 2013 Rural relevant quality measures for critical access hospitals 29(2): 159-171