Quality Indicator Repository
Quality indicators are standardised, evidence-based measures used to monitor and evaluate the quality and safety of care. The ACAC developed a Quality Indicator Repository. For information on its development see this document.
Please navigate the Quality Indicator Repository to learn about the quality indicators we identified across care settings and their defining, data, and source attributes. You can also use the Quality Indicator Repository to download quality indicators of interest to you.
This measure calculates the percentage of abdomen studies that are performed with and without contrast out of all abdomen studies performed (those with contrast, those without contrast, and those with both).
Percentage of members 20 years and older who had who had an ambulatory or preventive care visit.
Proportion of months in a year that have nil stock out of eight essential medical supplies.
Proportion of follow up services (i.e. service within 7 days after ED visit) in medicare beneficiaries with multiple high risk chronic conditions
Median time from Emergency Department (ED) arrival to time of departure from the emergency room for patients discharged from the ED. Likely for all patients discharged from ED.
Median time from ED arrival to time of departure from the ED for patients discharged from the ED. The measure is calculated using chart abstracted data, on a rolling quarterly basis, and is publicly reported in aggregate for one calendar year. The measure has been publicly reported since 2013 as part of the ED Throughput measure set of the CMS Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (HOQR) Program.
Percent of patients who leave the Emergency Department (ED) without being evaluated by a physician/advanced practice nurse/physician's assistant (physician/APN/PA.