The 2027 Annual Update draft measure specifications are now available. Question and comment on Eligible Clinician eCQMs, Hospital - Inpatient eCQMs, and Hospital - Outpatient eCQM until December 19, 2025.
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["Medication, Active": "Dementia Medications"]
Performance/Reporting Period
2025
Value Set Description from VSAC
Clinical Focus: The purpose of this value set is to represent concepts for dementia medications.
Data Element Scope: This value set may use a model element related to Medication.
Inclusion Criteria: Includes concepts that represent generic, human use and prescribable dementia medications.
Exclusion Criteria: Excludes concepts that represent non-prescribable or branded drugs and excludes concepts that represent components or ingredients.
Data Element Scope: This value set may use a model element related to Medication.
Inclusion Criteria: Includes concepts that represent generic, human use and prescribable dementia medications.
Exclusion Criteria: Excludes concepts that represent non-prescribable or branded drugs and excludes concepts that represent components or ingredients.
Constrained to codes in the Dementia Medications value set (2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.196.12.1510)
QDM Datatype and Definition
"Medication, Active"
Data elements that meet criteria using this datatype should document that the medication indicated by the QDM category and its corresponding value set is being taken by the patient. Keep in mind that when this datatype is used with timing relationships, the criterion is looking for a medication being taken for the time frame indicated by the timing relationships.
Timing:
- relevant dateTime references the time the medication is active on the medication record if it was given or taken at a single point in time.
- relevantPeriod references a start and stop time for an active medication on the medication record that is given or taken over a time interval:
- The relevantPeriod addresses:
- startTime = when the medication is first known to be used (generally the time of entry on the medication list).
- stopTime = when the medication is no longer active.
eCQMs using this data element:
QDM Attributes
relevantDateTime
relevant dateTime addresses the time an activity occurs as a single point in time. If the activity occurs over a period of time, use relevantPeriod.
relevantPeriod
relevantPeriod addresses the time between the start of an action to the end of an action. Each QDM datatype using relevantPeriod defines specific definitions for the start and stop time for the action listed.
Note: negation rationale indicates a one-time documentation of a reason an activity is not performed. Negation of QDM datatype-related actions for a reason always use the author dateTime attribute to reference timing and must not use relevantPeriod