Canadian MedRec Quality Audit Month: Results and Future Direction

Canadian MedRec Quality Audit Month:
Results and Future Direction
Marg Colquhoun, Virginia Flintoft and Alex Titeu
December 2013

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Where to find our webinars…
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See “Education and Training”

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Calls/Pages/default.aspx


Outline
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Background
Audit Month results
Interactive discussion
Accessing your results in the Patient
Safety Metrics System


Background
MedRec Quality Audit Tool

• Launched in June 2013
• Collects data on the quality completion of
admission MedRec in acute and long term care
settings
• Completed through chart audit post-completion of
admission MedRec processes
• Organization specific tools are generated through
Patient Safety Metrics System (PSMS)
• Completed tools are faxed,
and data is presented in PSMS


Background
Canadian MedRec Quality Audit Month

• Across Canada, there are ongoing challenges
related to the effective and reliable completion
of MedRec processes.
• Measurement of MedRec processes can help to
identify areas of excellence and areas for
improvements
MedRec Quality Audit Month
– October 2013

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Background
Audit Month Methodology
• Call to action national call/webinar on October 1st, 2013.
• Sites registered to participate
– Central Measurement Team (CMT) facilitated the creation of
audit/data collection forms
• MedRec Audit Month Workbook published
• Sites submitted data to the Patient Metrics System throughout the
month of October
– CMT corrected any data submission error reports and
resubmitted
• Preliminary results (e.g. numbers of participating sites) were
presented October 30th, during Canada’s Virtual Forum
on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
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Audit Month Results


Audit Month Results
• Audit participation
• Results by column
• Calculated results
• Relationships between variables

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Audit “Participants”

Sites = 103
Patient/Resident Charts
= 2,340
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“Participants” by Province/Territory
103 sites
2,340 patients

Number of Patients

Provinces/Territories

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“Participants” by Sector
2,340 patients

103 sites

15%
N=348

23%
N=24
LTC

LTC

Acute Care

Acute Care
85%
N=1,992

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77%
N=79



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A. ‘Admission via’
N=2,298

57%
50%

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B. ‘Med Rec Performed’
N = 2,328

95%
75%

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Literature suggests…..
• A review of published articles found that 10-67% of
patients had at least 1 prescription medication
history error
– when non-prescription medications were included
the frequency of errors was 25-83%
• Authors suggest: “should be a comprehensive
medication history that includes an interview,
inspection of medication vials or lists, or both and
contact with community pharmacies, or family
physicians.”
CMAJ, 2005 http://www.cmaj.ca/content/173/5/510.full.pdf+html


C. ‘BPMH -greater than one source’
N=2,040

74%

60%

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Literature suggests…
• 66% of Canadians have sometimes used non-prescription
medication in the past six months.
• 57% sometimes took vitamins and minerals, while 34% sometimes
took herbal and natural products.
2004 Survey of Canadians’ Use of OTC Medications http://www.bemedwise.ca/english/usagesurvey.html

• Adherence- “the extent to which a person’s behavior [in] taking
medication…corresponds with agreed recommendations from a
health care provider”
(World Health Organization, 2003).
• 12% of patients don’t fill their prescription at all.
• 12% of patients don’t take medication at all after they fill the
prescription.
• 22% of patients take less of the medication than is prescribed on
the label.
Adult Meducation http://www.adultmeducation.com/OverviewofMedicationAdherence_2.html


D.‘Med Use Verified by Pt/Caregiver’
N=2,044

63%
57%

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E.‘Each med w/ name dose, route, etc.’
N=1982
77%
92%

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Literature suggests….

• Medication discrepancy was defined as a difference between the
medication use history (BPMH) and the admission medication
orders.
• In the sample of patients admitted to general medicine unit:
– 54% of patients had at least one unintentional discrepancy
identified (most common type was omission of a regularly used
medication)
– 38% of these discrepancies were judged to have the potential
to cause moderate to severe discomfort or clinical
deterioration

F.‘Meds on BPMH+Admin Order’
N=2,006
87%
73%

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G.‘Prescriber documented rationale’
N=1,946
84%

64%

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Audit Month Results
• Relationships between variable

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To calculate a MedRec Quality Score,
each “Yes” (or “Unable to Perform”) is
assigned 1 point for each of the highlighted
columns

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Percentage of Patients by Score
N=1,937

55%

29%

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Scores


Audit Month Results

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% Med Rec Performed by Score
55%
29%

7%

36

0%


Compliance w/ 1st 3 elements
by “Admit via”

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Results Summary Comments
• Because this is the first audit using these criteria, we do
not have historical data to compare our progress it is
likely that we have collectively improved
• However, audit tool results demonstrate need for ongoing
and specific improvements
• Many people believe they are doing MedRec but they may
not be doing it well
– The foundation of the process – the BPMH needs work
• Validity of the BPMH –results are disappointing
– It will be useful to use the scores and correlations in
future audits to measure improvement


Results Summary Comments
• Need to critically evaluate admission
processes to ensure quality of MedRec
processes at other transitions
• Sites will need to understand the need
for training people to use the audit tool –
materials are available to support this
process

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Discussion


Accessing Your Data in
the Patient Safety Metrics
System
Virginia Flintoft & Alex Titeu

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Data Collection (Audit) Form

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Contact Patient Safety Metrics team at:
metrics@saferhealthcarenow.ca
Contact ISMP Canada MedRec team at:
medrec@ismp-canada.org

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Upcoming MedRec Webinars
Jan 14, 2014

The MARQUIS Project Dr. Jeffrey
Schnipper

Feb 11, 2014

Engaging Patients in MedRec

March 25, 2014 MedRec in Home Care

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On behalf of the ISMP Canada MedRec
Team, CPSI and the Patient Safety
Metrics Team
All the best in 2014!

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