Are there measures specific to surgery?
In anticipation of the PQRI, the American College of Surgeons (ACS), in collaboration with numerous other specialty societies, developed a set of six physician-level performance measures, known as the Perioperative Care Measure Set. The measure topics include timing of antibiotic prophylaxis, selection of prophylactic antibiotics, discontinuation of prophylactic antibiotics, and venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. All measures have a distinct list of relevant procedures for which the measure applies. In addition to the perioperative care measures, there are measures related to urinary incontinence, osteoporosis, stroke, gastroesophageal reflux disease, oncology and ophthalmology that may apply to your practice.
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