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Acronym	Definition
AA	Aortic aneurysm
ADE	Adverse drug events
AFIB	Atrial fibrillation
AHA	American Hospital Association
AHRQ	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AMI	Acute myocardial infarction
ARCHI	A&M Rural & Community Health Institute
C.Diff/CDI	Clostridium difficile
CAC	Children’s asthma care
CAH	Critical access hospital
CAH-QI	Critical Access Hospital Quality Improvement Program
CAP	Community-acquired pneumonia
CART	CMS Abstraction and Reporting Tool
CAUTI	Catheter-associated urinary tract infection
CCN	CMS certification number
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDE	Common duct exploration
Chole	Cholecystectomy
CLABSI	Central line-associated blood stream infection
CMS	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
COPD	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CQM	Clinical quality measure
CT	Computerized tomography
DACA	Data Accuracy and Completeness Acknowledgement
Domain	The category where MBQIP Measures belong. There are 4 main mbqip domains: Care Transitions, Outpatient, Patient Engagement, and Patient Safety/Inpatient
DVT	Deep vein thrombosis
ECG	Electrocardiogram
eCQM	Electronic clinical quality measure
ED	Emergency department
EDHI	Early hearing detection and intervention
EDTC	Emergency Department Transfer Communication
EHR	Electronic health record
EMS	Emergency medical service
ESI	Emergency Severity Index
ESRD	End Stage Renal Disease
Flex	Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
FORHP	Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
FY	Fiscal year
GI	Gastrointestinal
HAI	Healthcare-associated infections
HCAHPS	Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
HCP	Healthcare personnel
HCP	Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel
HIIN	Hospital Improvement and Innovation Network
HIQR	Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program
HF	Heart failure
HIP-KNEE	Total hip arthroplasty and/or total knee arthroplasty
HOQR	Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program
HRET	Health Research & Education Trust
HRSA	Health Resource and Services Administration
HTN	Hypertension
HWR	Hospital-wide all-cause unplanned readmission
ICU	Intensive Care Unit
IMM	Immunization
IQR	Inpatient Quality Reporting
IVAC	Infection-related ventilator-associated complications
IVR	Interactive Voice Response
MBQIP	Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project
MBQIP-DB	Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project Database
Measure	The basic unit or component which the MBQIP program keeps track. Measures are divided into two categories: core and additional. Measures are further divided into four domains: patient safety/inpatient, patient engagement, care transitions and outpatient.
MMA	Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act
MORT	Mortality
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MRI	Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MSPB	Medicare spending per beneficiary
MRSA	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
NHSN	National Healthcare Safety Network
NRHRC	National Rural Health Resource Center
NoP	Notice of Participation
ONC	Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
OP	Outpatient
OP-2	Fibrinolytic Therapy Received Within 30 Minutes
OP-3	Median Time to Transfer to Another Facility for Acute Coronary Intervention
OP-18	Median Time from ED Arrival to ED Departure for Discharged ED Patients
OP-22	Patient Left Without Being Seen
OQR	Outpatient Quality Reporting
P4P	Partnership for Patients
PC	Perinatal Care
PCI	Primary percutaneous coronary intervention
PE	Pulmonary embolism
PN	Pneumonia
PI	Promoting Interoperability
POD	Postoperative day
PPS	Prospective Payment System
PSI	Patient Safety Indicators
QIN-QIO	Quality Innovation Network – Quality Improvement Organization
QIO	Quality Improvement Organization
QMP	Qualified medical professional
QNet	QualityNet
QRDA	Quality reporting document architecture
READM	Readmission
RHIhub	Rural Health Information Hub
RN	Registered nurse
SA	System administrator
SCIP-Inf	Surgical care improvement project-infection
Sfusion	Spinal fusion
SORH	State Office of Rural Health
SSI	Surgical site infection
STEMI	ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
THA	Texas Hospital Association
THA	Total hip arthroplasty
THAF	Texas Hospital Association Foundation
TKA	Total knee arthroplasty
UTI	Urinary tract infection
VAE	Ventilator-associated event
VBP	Value-Based Purchasing
VKG	Virtual Knowledge Group
VTE	Venous thromboembolism

EDTC Measure

EDTC Specifications Manual Training

A step-by-step guide on how to download the Excel-based data collection tool, enter data, and run reports to calculate your measures along with a guided overview of how to abstract the EDTC measure using the Data Specifications Manual.

Guides

Resources related to the EDTC measure
Name	Last Updated	Description
EDTC FAQ	July 2020	Emergency Department Transfer Communication (EDTC) Frequently Asked Questions
EDTC Final Summary Report	July 2014	As part of this one-year special innovation project through the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program, just over 100 critical access hospitals (CAH) in eight states worked to improve transitions of care during emergency department (ED) transfers. Participating CAHs collected and submitted the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed Emergency Department Transfer Communication Measures, and were encouraged to develop and implement improvement action plans based on their results.
EDTC Data Specifications Manual	October 2019	The ED Transfer Communication measure aims to provide a means of assessing how well key patient information is communicated from an ED to any healthcare facility. They apply to patients with a wide range of medical conditions (e.g., acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, pneumonia, respiratory compromise, and trauma) and are relevant for both internal quality improvement purposes and external reporting.