Percentage of patients 18 years of age and older with heart failure who completed initial and follow-up patient-reported functional status assessments *telehealth eligible
Numerator
Patients with patient-reported functional status assessment results present in the EHR within two weeks before or during the initial FSA encounter and results for the follow-up FSA at least 30 days but no more than 180 days after the initial FSA
To complete this measure, a PROMIS10 Assessment needs to be completed on each the initial and follow up visit
To complete the PROMIS10, the following method:
- Tracked Data: enter both the ” Global Physical Health Raw Score” and the ” Global Mental Health Raw Score” in the Tracked Data section of Amazing Charts (located on the Summary Sheet). The Tracked Data Entry Names must be:
- GPH
- GMH
Denominator
Patients 18 years of age and older who had two outpatient encounters during the measurement period and a diagnosis of heart failure that starts any time before and continues into the measurement period.
- 2 eligible encounters during the measurement period
- Active Diagnosis of Heart Failure in the patient’s problem list
Exclusions
Exclude patients with severe cognitive impairment in any part of the measurement period:
- Exists a diagnosis code of: Severe cognitive impairment (R41.9):
Exclude patients whose hospice or palliative care overlaps the measurement period:
- Identified in the patient's Alerts and Directives, located in the demographic screen or the Summary Sheet, in the name, text or comments saved with that alert/directive. The Alert/Directive should include either of the following phrases:
- palliative
- hospice