[CQM-1416] Measure requires evaluation of pregnancy status of patients > 65 years old Created: 12/19/14 Updated: 03/27/19 Resolved: 03/27/19 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | eCQM Issue Tracker |
| Component/s: | Measure |
| Type: | Implementation Problem | Priority: | Minor |
| Reporter: | Howard Bregman (Inactive) | Assignee: | Mathematica EC eCQM Team |
| Resolution: | Resolved | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | None | ||
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| Institution/Name: | Vendor/Epic | ||||
| Solution: | Thank you for submitting this issue. The pregnancy exclusion for the 65 and older population will be eliminated from the exclusion criteria for the 2015 annual update. | ||||
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| Impact: | Unnecessary query | ||||
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| Description |
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I'd just like to point out that since the inception of this measure and through 2 updates, it still requires a check to see if a patient age 65 or older is pregnant. This requires a computer to process this query each and every time it is run, which makes the code inefficient. This is not consistent with either the evidence the measure is based on or the intent of the measure. |
| Comments |
| Comment by Cindy Cullen [ 03/27/19 ] |
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Logic updated in 2015 AU. |
| Comment by Julia Skapik (Inactive) [ 12/31/14 ] |
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This measure is currently without a steward. Thus, the measure has not been updated with the level of scrutiny that it would normally warrant. We are currently attempting to find a new measure steward who can help the measure developers make the necessary corrections. Thank you for your feedback. |