Doctor or Nurse Told You What the Medicine Was for

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Care Transitions
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Emergency Department Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems (ED CAHPS)
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Person-Centredness
Domain
Medication-Related

Defining Attributes

Definition

Responses to: Before You Left The Emergency Room, Did A Doctor Or Nurse Tell You What The Medicine Was For? Yes, Definitely Yes, Somewhat No

Numerator
Denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods

Emergency Department Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (ED CAHPS) Survey to be administered between 48 hours and 35 days after discharge to a random sample of adult patients. Use of the ED CAHPS Survey is entirely voluntary and is not required by CMS. The survey is designed to be administered several ways: a mail survey with telephone follow-up of non-respondents; a web-based survey with telephone follow-up; or a web-based survey with mail and then telephone follow-up. These "mixed modes" of survey administration can best capture the wide range of patients that EDs serve.

Frequency of Data Collection
Ad libitum
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods

Use of the ED CAHPS Survey is entirely voluntary and is not required by CMS.

Reporting Frequency
Ad libitum
Reporting Frequency in Days
1
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

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
No
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
23 July 2025