Institutional Measures

Cystic Fibrosis / CF Quality Initiative

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center tracks specific measures related to the care provided to patients with cystic fibrosis / CF.

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Strategic Improvement Measures for Cystic Fibrosis / CF
Equity of nutrition outcomes when comparing patients with government and private insurance as primary coverage (95k) Equity of pulmonary outcomes when comparing patients with government and private insurance as primary coverage (91k) Number of days between patients acquiring new Methicillin Resistant S. aureus (MRSA) on lower respiratory culture (88k) Number of patients who develop a new chronic lower respiratory tract infection with P. aeruginosa (88k) Percent of patients with "Excellent" or "Very Good" responses to Quality of Life questionnaire (72k) Proportion of active patients <10th percentile weight for age (96k) Proportion of active patients chronically infected with P. aeruginosa who have ≤3%- predicted decline in FEV1%-predicted over last year (85k) Proportion of active patients who meet their goals for growth and nutrition (88k) Proportion of patients and parents who have achieved self-management goals (72k) Percent of active patients whose preventative care is current: quarterly clinic visits, respiratory cultures, annual labs and chest radiographs (95k)

Strategic Improvement Measures for Cystic Fibrosis / CF

Equity of nutrition outcomes when comparing patients with government and private insurance as primary coverage (95k)
Equity of pulmonary outcomes when comparing patients with government and private insurance as primary coverage (91k)
Number of days between patients acquiring new Methicillin Resistant S. aureus (MRSA) on lower respiratory culture (88k)
Number of patients who develop a new chronic lower respiratory tract infection with P. aeruginosa (88k)
Percent of patients with "Excellent" or "Very Good" responses to Quality of Life questionnaire (72k)
Proportion of active patients <10th percentile weight for age (96k)
Proportion of active patients chronically infected with P. aeruginosa who have ≤3%- predicted decline in FEV1%-predicted over last year (85k)
Proportion of active patients who meet their goals for growth and nutrition (88k)
Proportion of patients and parents who have achieved self-management goals (72k)
Percent of active patients whose preventative care is current: quarterly clinic visits, respiratory cultures, annual labs and chest radiographs (95k)

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