Surgical Care Improvement Project Quality

The Appropriate Care Measure (ACM) is a patient-centered composite score that captures whether or not a patient received all of the recommended treatments they were eligible to receive, based on the specific condition.

A quality measure is medical information from patient records coverted into a rate or percentage that shows how well hospitals care for their patients. You can use this quality information to help you compare hospitals.

• Preventative Antibiotic One Hour Before Incision
• Received Appropriate Preventative Antibiotic(s)
• Preventative Antibiotics Stopped Within 24 Hours After Surgery
• Heart Surgery Patients With Controlled Postoperative Blood Sugar
• Surgery Patients with Appropriate Hair Removal
• Doctors Ordered Treatments to Prevent Blood Clots
• Received Treatment to Prevent Blood Clots Within 24 Hours Before or After Surgery