TABLE 3

Finalized PQRS Individual Quality Measures Relevant for Nuclear Medicine Physicians Available for Reporting for 2013 and 2014 (12)

PQRS no.Measure
2013 reporting
 10Stroke and stroke rehabilitation: CT or MR imaging reports
 21Perioperative care: venous thromboembolism prophylaxis (when indicated in all patients)
 24Osteoporosis: communication with physician managing ongoing care after hip, spine, or distal radius for men and women aged 50 y and over
 40Osteoporosis: management after hip, spine or distal radius for men and women aged 50 y and over
 76Prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infections: central venous catheter insertion protocol
 145Radiology: exposure time reported for procedures using fluoroscopy
 146Radiology: inappropriate use of “probably benign” assessment category in mammography screening
 147Nuclear medicine: correlation with existing imaging studies for all patients undergoing bone scintigraphy
 195Radiology: stenosis measurement in carotid imaging studies
 225Radiology: reminder system for mammograms
 TBDCardiac stress imaging not meeting appropriate-use criteria: preoperative evaluation in low-risk surgery patients
 TBDCardiac stress imaging not meeting appropriate-use criteria: routine testing after percutaneous coronary intervention
 TBDCardiac stress imaging not meeting appropriate-use criteria: testing in asymptomatic, low-risk patients
2014 reporting
 TBDRadiation dose optimization: use of a standardized nomenclature for CT imaging description
 TBDRadiation dose optimization: cumulative count of potential high-dose-radiation imaging studies: CT scans and cardiac nuclear medicine scans
 TBDRadiation dose optimization: reporting to a radiation dose index registry
 TBDRadiation dose optimization: images available for patient follow-up and comparison purposes
 TBDRadiation dose optimization: search for prior imaging studies through a secure, authorized, media-free shared archive

  • TBD = to be determined.