Percentage of patient visits, regardless of age, seen with a new occurrence of melanoma who have a treatment plan documented in the chart that was communicated to the physician(s) providing continuing care within one month of diagnosis.
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General Information
Numerator
Patient visits with a treatment plan documented in the chart that was communicated to the physician(s) providing continuing care within one month of diagnosis
Denominator
All visits for patients, regardless of age, diagnosed with a new occurrence of melanoma
Exclusions
Documentation of patient reason(s) for not communicating treatment plan (eg, patient asks that treatment plan not be communicated physician(s) providing continuing care);
Documentation of system reason(s) for not communicating treatment plan to the primary care provider(s) (eg, patient does not have a primary care provider or referring physician)
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