The proportion of patients discharged from a hospital-based inpatient psychiatric setting on two or more antipsychotic medications. This measure is a part of a set of seven nationally implemented measures that address hospital-based inpatient psychiatric services (HBIPS-1: Admission Screening for Violence Risk, Substance Use, Psychological Trauma History and Patient Strengths completed, HBIPS-2: Physical Restraint, HBIPS-3: Seclusion, HBIPS-5: Multiple Antipsychotic Medications at Discharge with Appropriate Justification, HBIPS-6: Post Discharge Continuing Care Plan and HBIPS-7: Post Discharge Continuing Care Plan Transmitted) that are used in The Joint Commission’s accreditation process. Note that this is a paired measure with HBIPS-5 (Patients discharged on multiple antipsychotic medications with appropriate justification).
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Psychiatric inpatients discharged on two or more routinely scheduled antipsychotic medications.
Denominator
Psychiatric inpatient discharges
• Included populations: Patients with ICD-9-CM Principal or Other Diagnosis Codes for Mental Disorders as defined in Appendix A, Table 10.01 discharged on one or more routinely scheduled antipsychotic medications (refer to Appendix B, Table 10.0- Antipsychotic Medications) available at: http://manual.jointcommission.org
Exclusions
• Patients who expired
• Patients with an unplanned departure resulting in discharge due to elopement
• Patients with an unplanned departure resulting in discharge due to failing to return from leave
Measure Record
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