Percentage of Patients Aged 65 and Over (55 and Over for Māori and Pacific Patients) Discharged Where Medicine Reconciliation Was Included as Part of the Discharge Summary
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of patients aged 65 and over (55 and over for Māori and Pacific patients) discharged where medicine reconciliation was included as part of the discharge summary.
Numerator
Number of patients aged 65 and over (55 and over for Māori and Pacific patients) discharged where medicine reconciliation was included as part of the discharge summary.
Denominator
Number of discharged patients aged 65 and over (55 and over for Māori and Pacific patients).
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
In the January–March 2015 quarter the Commission began reporting the baseline of a new set of quality and safety markers (QSMs) relating to electronic medicine reconciliation (eMR). These are based on the implementation of eMR in DHB hospitals. eMR is currently carried out at Counties Manukau Waitemata Taranaki Northland Canterbury First structural indicators, then process indicators.