EHR With EDI Prescribing Used in Encounters Where a Prescribing Event Occurred
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Of all patient encounters within the past month that used an electronic health record (EHR) with electronic data interchange (EDI) where a prescribing event occurred, how many used EDI for the prescribing event.
Numerator
Number of encounters using an electronic health record (EHR) with EDI, where EDI was used for a prescribing event.
Denominator
All patient encounters where medication prescribing occurred
Exclusions
Controlled substance(s) requiring non-EDI prescription are printed, or prescriptions are printed due to patient preference for non-EDI prescription and indicated in a structured and auditable format, or no prescriptions are generated during the encounter, or the receiving-end of EDI transmission is inoperable and unable to receive EDI transmission at the time of prescribing.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Reporting is specific to sub-program