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INDICATOR NAME
Name
Medication reconciliation in primary care (Retired)
Alternate Name
Medication reconciliation in primary care
 
INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
Description
This indicator measures the percentage of patients with medication reconciliation in the past year.
HQO Reporting tool/product
Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs)
Dimension
Safe
Type
Process
 
DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION
Unit of Measurement
Percentage
Calculation Methods
The percentage is calculated as: numerator divided by denominator times 100.
Numerator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)
Number of patients with medication reconciliation in the past year.
Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)
Number of patients who have had a visit in the past year.
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 is an additional indicator for QIP 2018/19. Current performance reporting period: most recent 12 month period. The data source is EMR (local data collection). This indicator was retired in the 2019/20 QIP.
 
TAGS
Sector
Primary Care
Type
Process
Topic
Patient Safety and Never Events
Dimension
Safe
Source
Local data collection
 
PUBLISH
Publish Datetime
05/03/2019 17:43:00