Understanding Guideline Metrics

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Lesson 2 of Understanding Metrics provides an overview of the Chest Pain MI Registry Executive Summary Measures and Metrics Companion Guide. The guide helps analyze hospital performance in relation to the entire registry population, identifying care variations and quality improvement opportunities. It explains terminology such as rolling four quarters (R4Q) and benchmark inclusion status. It also describes different metrics and measures, including executive metrics, quality measures, performance measures, composite metrics, and NCDR test metrics. The guide provides citations and explanations for each metric, and it concludes by emphasizing the importance of using the companion guide completely for evaluating metrics.

Keywords

Understanding Metrics

Chest Pain MI Registry

Executive Summary Measures

Metrics Companion Guide

Hospital Performance