PA Hospital Performance: Process Measures We examined the latest year-over-year (YOY) changes in the CMS and Joint Commission process measures aggregated on the www.pahealthcarequality.org website 23 process measures (20 from Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and 3 from The Joint Commission) reported on the PHCQA website were examined from Q3 2006 to Q2 2011. 5 Heart Attack Measures* 2…

Surgical care and infection prevention measures track hospital performance pertaining to medical procedures that should be conducted or precautions that should be taken to minimize the risk of patient illness and injury occurring while hospitalized. Measures in this Category Beta Blocker during the Perioperative Period:  Percent of surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the…