Robert A Jenders1. 1. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The lack of computable clinical quality indicators in standard format makes use of the measures in electronic health records (EHR) difficult. OBJECTIVE: Assess Arden Syntax as a formalism for quality indicators. METHOD: Thirty-nine measures were encoded as medical logic modules and shortfalls identified. RESULTS: All logic components of the measures were expressible. 38% of QIs were limited by lack of data in an EHR. CONCLUSION: Arden Syntax is suitable for representation of quality indicators.
BACKGROUND: The lack of computable clinical quality indicators in standard format makes use of the measures in electronic health records (EHR) difficult. OBJECTIVE: Assess Arden Syntax as a formalism for quality indicators. METHOD: Thirty-nine measures were encoded as medical logic modules and shortfalls identified. RESULTS: All logic components of the measures were expressible. 38% of QIs were limited by lack of data in an EHR. CONCLUSION: Arden Syntax is suitable for representation of quality indicators.
Authors: Indra Neil Sarkar; Elizabeth S Chen; Paul T Rosenau; Matthew B Storer; Beth Anderson; Jeffrey D Horbar Journal: AMIA Annu Symp Proc Date: 2014-11-14