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 |
|
Profile |
Stool Occult Blood |
|
MOIS |
STI/BBP Screening |
|
MOIS, Profile, Med Access, Wolf |
Physical Activity |
|
MOIS |
Codeine combinations, excluding psycholeptics |
|
MOIS, OSCAR |
Oxycodone combinations |
|
MOIS, OSCAR |
Tramadol combinations |
|
MOIS, OSCAR |
BMI |
|
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 |