Percentage of Relevant Patients Aged 65 and Over (55 and Over for Māori and Pacific Patients) Where eMedicine Reconciliation Was Undertaken Within 72 Hours and Within 24 Hours of Admission

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
New Zealand
Publishing Organisation
Health Quality & Safety Commission, New Zealand: Implementation of electronic medicine reconciliation (eMedRec) in District Health Board (DHB) hospitals
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Medication-Related

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of relevant patients aged 65 and over (55 and over for Māori and Pacific patients) where eMedRec was undertaken within 72 hours of admission and within 24 hours of admission.

Numerator

Number of relevant patients aged 65 and over (55 and over for Māori and Pacific patients) where eMedRec was undertaken within 72 hours of admission and within 24 hours of admission.

Denominator

Number of relevant admissions of people aged 65 and over (55 and over for Māori and Pacific patients).

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Within 72 and 24 hours of admission.

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.

Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025