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Are pediatric quality care measures too stringent?

Allison Casciato1, Heather Angier, Christina Milano

  • 1Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 27239, USA. casciato@ohsu.edu

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
|September 8, 2012
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Modifying national pediatric quality measures using electronic health records significantly increases the number of children identified as receiving appropriate care, especially those with irregular healthcare access. This highlights the importance of flexible quality measurement.

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Published on: August 25, 2014

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Quality Measurement
  • Health Services Research
  • Electronic Health Records

Background:

  • National pediatric quality measures are typically derived from claims data.
  • Adapting these measures for electronic medical record (EMR) data is crucial for comprehensive quality assessment.
  • Flexibility in measure specifications may impact reported quality of care rates.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To apply national pediatric quality measures using EMR data.
  • To compare quality measure rates using strict versus modified specifications.
  • To assess the impact of flexible definitions on measuring receipt of care.

Main Methods:

  • EMR data from 1544 pediatric patients (≤15 years) at a safety net clinic in 2010 were reviewed.
  • Rates of well-child visits, immunizations, and BMI documentation were assessed.
  • Strict national guideline definitions were compared with clinically modified definitions.

Main Results:

  • For children <3 years, 52.4% met well-child visit criteria by 15 months; 60.8% by 2 years.
  • Strict immunization rates were <10%; modified rates reached 36% up-to-date.
  • BMI percentile documentation was 63% (strict) vs. 91% (within 36 months).

Conclusions:

  • Modified quality measure definitions identified more services rendered.
  • Strict adherence to measure definitions may underestimate the true quality of pediatric care.
  • Flexible measurement is vital for accurately assessing care in populations with sporadic utilization patterns.