Table 3.

Summary of measures specific to surgical care not relevant to anesthesia practice, National Quality Forum, 2014

Reason Not Relevant To Anesthesia	TOTAL		Outcome	Process	Example(s)
	N	(%)	N	N
Surgeon-driven perioperative care	12	(30.8)	1	11	#0219 Post breast conservation surgery irradiation # 0567 Appropriate work up prior to endometrial ablation procedure
Surgical technique	7	(18.0)	6	1	#0134 Use of Internal Mammary Artery in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft #0363 Foreign Body Left During Procedure
Require preoperative orders	4	(10.3)	0	4	#0458 Pulmonary Function Tests Before Major Anatomic Lung #0268 Selection of Prophylactic Antibiotic
Post-PACU in-hospital orders	4	(10.3)	0	4	#0300 Cardiac Surgery Patients With Controlled Postoperative Blood Glucose #0128 Duration of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Cardiac Surgery Patients
True surgical outcome	4	(10.3)	4	0	#0565 20/40 or Better Visual Acuity within 90 Days [after] Cataract Surgery #1536 Improvement in Visual Function within 90 Days [after] Cataract Surgery
Discharge Orders	4	(10.3)	0	4	#0117 Beta Blockade at Discharge #1519 Statin Therapy at Discharge after Lower Extremity Bypass
Hair removal	2	( 5.1)	0	2	#0515 Ambulatory surgery patients with appropriate method of hair removal
Variable anesthesia penetration	2	( 5.1)	1	1	#0716 Healthy Term Newborn
Total, N (%)	39	(100)	27 (69.2)	12 (30.8)

No measures in this group were structure measures or efficiency measures.