Version 2.38 of HDC Discover was rolled out to production on March 27, 2024. 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 Planetary Health Measures and Domain – We are introducing a new domain, Planetary Health, that will house the following new measures:
| Measure | MOIS | OSCAR | Profile | Med Access | Med Access – Legacy | Wolf |
| Prescriptions issued for low-carbon inhalers to patients with COPD or Asthma that are being treated with inhalers
· All ages · Age 6-11 · Age 12-17 · Age 18+ · Age 65+ |
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| Patients with Asthma being treated with inhalers prescribed a low-carbon inhaler in the past year
· All ages · Age 6-11 · Age 12-17 · Age 18+ · Age 65+ |
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| Patients with Asthma being treated with inhalers categorized by their inhalers’ carbon emissions
· Any reliever inhaler and no controller inhaler · High-carbon reliever inhaler and high-carbon controller inhaler · High-carbon reliever inhaler and low-carbon controller inhaler · Low-carbon reliever inhaler and low-carbon controller inhaler |
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| Patients with COPD being treated with inhalers prescribed a low-carbon inhaler in the past year | NEW | NEW | NEW | NEW | NEW | – |
| Patients prescribed a high-carbon inhaler who do not have Asthma or COPD – age 19+ | NEW | NEW | NEW | NEW | NEW | – |
| Patients prescribed a short-acting bronchodilator in the past year – age 0-2 | NEW | NEW | NEW | NEW | NEW | – |
| Patients with Asthma prescribed 3 or more reliever inhalers in the past year | NEW | NEW | NEW | NEW | NEW | – |