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Defect
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Resolution: Deferred
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Minor
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None
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None
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Medication, Administered
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In 3 Joint Commission measures, we seek to include or exclude patients based on administration of a continuous infusion of heparin. Capturing continuous infusion requires two attributes- route (IV), and method (Continuous). Currently, the QDM attribute of "Method" is present on the "Medication, Order" datatype, but not for "Medication, Administered." We recommend adding the Method Attribute to Medication, Administered. Without a way to specify the Method, our logic currently includes or excludes patients who are receiving heparin by a method that does not meet the intent of the measure.
Note: The same RXNORM code for heparin may be used via multiple methods, so logic in addition to value sets is needed to achieve the appropriate granularity.