Hospitals can reduce the risk of wound infection after surgery
by ensuring that the patient receives the right medicines at the
right time on the day of his or her surgery. 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 converted into a rate or percentage that
shows how well hospitals care for their patients. You can use
this quality information to help you compare how hospitals
treat:.