Quality Areas of Focus:
Department centered Improvement Projects
Osteoporosis / Dexa Scanning Project
This population includes female EPN patients aged 65 and above. Our overall goal is to improve outreach and care to our EPN patients who have not had a dexa scan or screening for osteoporosis.
The Elliot Physician Network currently follows and reports on dexa scans based on the following age groups and screening interval
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Osteoporosis / Dexa Scan Care Measure |
EPN Goal |
Current Performance |
| % of Female Patient age 65+ with Dexa Scan documented | >90% | 71% - March 2008 |
Current Performance
| Initiative | Osteoporosis / Dexa Scanning |
| Metric | Appropriate Dexa screening |
| Definition | Female patients age 65+ having a satisfied dexa scan health maintenance topic |
| Measurement | Percentage of patients meeting the metric definition |
| Numerator | Number of Female patients age 65+ having a satisfied dexa scan health maintenance topic |
| Denominator | Number of female patients age 65+ |
| Exclusions | Patients residing in a nursing home |
| EPIC Support | Best Practice Alert appears and identifies patient as overdue for Dexa Scanning Protocol Health Maintenance Topic appears as overdue when patient reaches age 65 and Dexa Scan results have not been received into their EPICare medical record Monthly reports distributed to practices identifying patients overdue for testing
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| Network Goal | >90% |
