Medication-reconciliation-admission - Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

INDICATOR NAME

Name

Medication reconciliation at admission (Retired)

Alternate Name

Medication reconciliation at admission

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

Total number of patients with medications reconciled as a proportion of the total number of patients admitted to the hospital.

HQO Reporting tool/product

Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs)

Dimension

Safe

Type

Process

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Rate per total number of admitted patients

Calculation Methods

The rate is calculated as: numerator divided by the denominator

To ensure a standardized approach to measurement, hospitals will now be asked to provide their numerator and denominator in the QIP workplan; QIP Navigator will calculate the rate.

Numerator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

Number of admitted patients with medications reconciled

Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

Number of patients admitted to the hospital

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized

None

Data Source

Local data collection

Data provided to HQO by

Local data collection

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Comments Summary

*** This indicator was retired from QIP in 2019/20 *** This is a QIP additional indicator for 2018/19. QIP Current performance reporting period: October - December (Q3) 2017 How to access data: These data should be accessed from within your own organization. This indicator was retired in the 2019/20 QIP.