Brain injury and death quality measures
Quality Measures
Find measures to improve care for patients who have brain injury or other emergent neurological conditions.
Inpatient and emergency quality measure set (2015)
| Neurology® Executive summary, 2017
| Neurology® Editorial, 2017
Summary for clinicians | 2017
Measurement set | 2015
Measure specifications
- Documentation of brain death
- Reduction of urinary catheters for patients with neurological conditions
- Delirium risk factor screening and preventative protocol
- Non-pharmacological treatment of delirium
- Immunosuppressive treatment for GBS
- Immunosuppressive therapy for myasthenic crisis
- Status epilepticus identification and seizure cessation
- Status epilepticus treatment with antiepileptic
- EEG for status epilepticus and coma
- Discussion and documentation of advanced directives
- Discussion and documentation of goals of care
- Treatment of bacterial meningitis
Stroke and stroke rehabilitation (2015)
| Neurology® 2017
Stroke and stroke rehabilitation quality measurement set update | 2015
Measure specifications
- Intravenous fibrinolytic treatment measure bundle
- Acute stroke endovascular treatment measure bundle
- Endovascular treatment and imaging measure bundle
- Carotid imaging measure
- Defect free acute inpatient ischemic stroke measure bundle
- Patient/Caregiver nutritional preferences
- Potentially avoidable complications following stroke
- High and moderate intensity statin following stroke
- Cognitive impairment following stroke
- Rehabilitation services assessed
- Post-acute ischemic stroke screening and care measure bundle
- Functional outcome assessment for acute ischemic stroke who received recanalization therapy
Quality measures under development
Child Neurology
Update in process with publication planned for 2025
Epilepsy
Update in process
Related Content
Brain Injury and Brain Death Guidelines