Medication Reconciliation in the Home Within 48 Hours of a Hospital Discharges and Emergency Department Visits
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of hospital discharges and ED visits for beneficiaries enrolled in each IAH practice with medication reconciliation from a member of the IAH practice's clinical staff within 48 hours
Numerator
Total number of hospital discharges and ED visits for beneficiaries enrolled in each IAH practice with medication reconciliation from a member of the IAH practice's clinical staff within 48 hours
Denominator
Total number of hospital discharges, and ED visits for beneficiaries enrolled in each IAH practice.
Exclusions
Transfers from a hospital (different facility), and transfers from a SNF, LTCH, IRF excluded .If a beneficiary is discharged from a hospital stay to SNF, LTCH, IRF, or other inpatient stay, medication reconciliation is not required. If beneficiary is discharged from a hospital stay to home, but then admitted to SNF, LTCH, IRF, or other inpatient setting within two days then medication reconciliation is not required. If a beneficiary moves to observation status from ED, only observation discharge requires medicine reconciliation
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Not on Care Compare