ecqm.dataelement

Prescribed Medications Education Communication From Provider To Patient

Description:

Clinical Focus: This set of values contains procedures used to represent patients who receive prescribed medications education.

Data Element Scope: The intent of this data element is to identify patients who receive education on the medications they were prescribed to take. Using the Quality Data Model, this particular element will map to the 'Communication' category.

Inclusion Criteria: Only SNOMED CT codes representing prescribed medications education should be included.

Exclusion Criteria: None

ObservableCode constrained to codes in the Prescribed Medications Education valueset (2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.379)

QDM Datatype: CommunicationFromProviderToPatient

To meet criteria using this datatype, the communication indicated by the Communication QDM category and its corresponding value set must be communicated from a provider to a patient. Timing: The time the communication occurs, or is sent; Author dateTime.

Used By:

• CMS107v7

Included in Unions:

• Numerator4Union

QDM Attributes

ObservableCode.CodeableConcept

Defined in Observation

Value Set

Constrained in PrescribedMedicationsEducationCommunicationFromProviderToPatient

https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/valueset/2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.379/expansion (REQUIRED)

AuthorDatetime

The time the data element was entered into the clinical software. Note, some datatypes include both Relevant Time and Author dateTime attributes. The purpose is to accommodate Author dateTime if the actual start and stop times are not available when evaluating for feasibility, and also to allow specification of a time for Negation Rationale.