ecqm.dataelement

Fibrinolytic Therapy Administered

Description:

Clinical Focus: This set of values contains medications that are prescribed for Fibrinolytic therapy in patients with an episode of acute myocardial infarction.

Data Element Scope: The intent of this data element is to identify patients who are prescribed fibrinolytic therapy during an episode of acute myocardial infarction. Using the Quality Data Model, this particular element would map to the Medication, Administered data type.

Inclusion Criteria: Include generic and prescribable fibrinolytic agents. Injectable dose forms should be included. Single ingredient.

Exclusion Criteria: None.

Subject constrained to the Fibrinolytic Therapy

QDM Datatype: MedicationAdministered

Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document that the medication indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set was actually administered to the patient. Timing: The Relevant Period addresses: startTime = when a single medication administration event starts (e.g., the initiation of an intravenous infusion, or administering a pill or IM injection to a patient); stopTime = when a single medication administration event ends (e.g., the end time of the intravenous infusion, or the administration of a pill or IM injection is completed - for pills and IM injections, the start and stop times are the same) NOTE – Measure developers should address multiple administrations over a period of time using CQL logic. Refer to Special Cases in Appendix A (Section A.3) for scenarios to consider in calculating cumulative medication duration.

Used By:

• CMS53v7

QDM Attributes

Subject.Statement

Defined in Activity

DataType

Constrained in FibrinolyticTherapyAdministered

FibrinolyticTherapy

RelevantPeriod

Relevant Period addresses the time between the start of an action to the end of an action. Each datatype using relevant period defines specific definitions for the start and stop time for the action listed.