Version 2.28 was released to production on May 25th 2023.  These release notes contain supplemental information about version 2.28 of HDC Discover. Please do not hesitate to contact our support email support@hdcbc.ca should you have any questions or comments about any of these changes.  

What’s New? 

  • Availability of Measures: 

The measures listed below are now available for the corresponding EMRs: 

Measure Name  MOIS  OSCAR  Profile  Med Access  Wolf 
Chlamydia STD prevalence in females age 15 to 24  YES  YES  NEW  NEW  YES 
Patients age 12 to 19 with physical activity documented in past 2 years  YES  NEW  –  –  – 
Patients age 20+ with physical activity documented in past 2 years  YES  NEW  –  –  – 

 

Note: If you login and do not see data for these measures, it is possible that the clinic data is still being loaded. Please contact support@hdcbc.ca with any questions.  

Improvements

  • Updated Concepts: 

As part of improving our measures, we have updated the associated concepts to ensure greater consistency and accuracy. Please refer to the examples below, which illustrates the updated concepts alongside the impacted measures and EMRs: 

Concepts  Measures Impacted  EMRs Impacted 
Hemoglobin A1c 
  • Diabetes Screening 
  • Diabetes with HbA1c in past 6 months 
  • Diabetics with last HbA1c 
 Profile 
Stool Occult Blood 
  • Colorectal cancer screening 
 MOIS 
STI/BBP Screening 
  • Complete STI/BBP testing including HIV test 
 MOIS, Profile, Med Access, Wolf 
Physical Activity 
  • Patients with physical inactivity (age 12-19 and 20+) 
  • Patients with physical activity documented in past 2 years (age 12-19 and 20+) 
  • COPD patients with activity documentation in past year 
 MOIS 
Codeine combinations, excluding psycholeptics 
  • Codeine combinations use (excluding psycholeptics) 
 MOIS, OSCAR 
Oxycodone combinations 
  • Oxycodone combinations use 
 MOIS, OSCAR 
Tramadol combinations 
  • Tramadol combinations use 
 MOIS, OSCAR 
BMI 
  • Patients with BMI or WC documentation in past 2 years (age 12-19 and 20+) 
  • Patients age 20+ with obesity by last measurement  
  • Patients age 20+ with obesity by last measurement or health condition 
  • Overweight and obesity in adolescents age 12-19 
 MOIS, OSCAR 

 

  • Measure Metadata: 

In addition to the updated concepts, we have also made enhancements to the measure metadata for certain existing measures. Here are a few examples of the measure metadata enhancements:

Measure  Updates 
Asthma and non-smokers  Measure Codes updated under the Notes section 
COPD and non-smokers  Measure Codes updated under the Notes section 

 
Patients age 12-19 with obesity  Measure Name updated to “Overweight and obesity in adolescents age 12-19” 
Other opioids use  Measure has been retired