Percentage of discharges from an emergency department (ED) to ambulatory care or home health care, in which the patient, regardless of age, or their caregiver(s), received a transition record at the time of ED discharge including, at a minimum, all of the specified elements
Measure Specs
General Information
Numerator
Discharges in which the patient or their caregiver(s) received a transition record at the time of emergency department (ED) discharge including, at a minimum, all of the following elements:
- Summary of major procedures and tests performed during ED visit, AND
- Principal clinical diagnosis at discharge which may include the presenting chief complaint, AND
- Patient instructions, AND
- Plan for follow-up care (OR statement that none required), including primary physician, other health care professional, or site designated for follow-up care, AND
- List of new medications and changes to continued medications that patient should take after ED discharge, with quantity prescribed and/or dispensed (OR intended duration) and instructions for each
Denominator
All discharges for patients, regardless of age, from an emergency department (ED) to ambulatory care (home/self care) or home health care
Exclusions
Exclusions:
Patients who died
Patients who left against medical advice (AMA) or discontinued care
Exceptions:
Patients who declined receipt of transition record
Patients for whom providing the information contained in the transition record would be prohibited by state or federal law
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