Version 2.32 of HDC Discover was rolled out to production on September 6th. 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 ?

  • New Measures: 

We have introduced several new colorectal cancer screening measures applicable to all EMRs: 

  1. Colorectal cancer screening – Hemoccult test, colonoscopy, or sigmoidoscopy
  2. Colorectal cancer screening – Hemoccult test 
  3. Colorectal cancer screening – colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy 
  • New Subdomain for ‘Disease Prevalence’ Domain: 

To enhance the organization of the Disease Prevalence domain, we have introduced the following subdomains: 

  1. Mental Health and Substance Use
  2. Comorbidities 
  3. Common Conditions 
  4. STBBI (Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections) 

Improvements 

  • Measure Availability Updates: 

In our ongoing effort to improve measure consistency across EMRs, we’ve expanded the availability of certain measures for the following EMRs: 

Measure  MOIS  OSCAR  Profile  Med Access  Med Access – Legacy  Wolf 
Patients age 20+ with obesity by last measurement  YES  YES  NEW  NEW  NEW  – 
Patients age 20+ with obesity by last measurement or health concern  YES  NEW  NEW  NEW  NEW  – 
Overweight and obesity in adolescents age 12-19  YES  NEW  NEW  NEW  NEW  – 
Chlamydia Screening  YES  NEW  YES  YES  YES  YES 
Patients age 18-70 with HIV screening  YES  NEW  YES  YES  YES  – 
Male patients, 18-70, with HIV screening in past year  YES  NEW  YES  YES  YES  YES 
Female patients, 18-70, with HIV screening in past year  YES  NEW  YES  YES  YES  YES 
Impaired renal function prevalence  YES  YES  YES  NEW  NEW  – 
Patients with no current medications  YES  YES  NEW  NEW  NEW  – 
Prescriptions in past year that are coded  YES  NEW  NEW  NEW  NEW  – 
Patients with prescription issued in past 3 years  YES  NEW  NEW  NEW  NEW  – 
Ratio of coded prescriptions  YES  NEW  NEW  NEW  NEW  – 
Patients seen in the past year with prescriptions issues  YES  NEW  NEW  NEW  NEW  – 
Patients seen in the past year with coded prescriptions  YES  NEW  NEW  NEW  NEW  – 
Patients with coded prescriptions  YES  NEW  NEW  NEW  NEW  – 
  • Measure Changes: 

The following measures will be retired from HDC Discover: 

  1. Morphine combinations use. 
  1. Dihydrocodeine use. 
  1. Dihydrocodeine combinations use.