Insights Into Statin Intolerance

Kopecky, Stephen L.; Baum, Sharon; Foody, JoAnne M.; Koren, Michael; McKenney, James M.; Sperling, Laurence; Wong, Nathan D.

doi:10.1002/clc.22432

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“…Query of EHR data was further used to identify patients with a statin exemption if they had a statin allergy, intolerance, or medication refusal listed in the allergy section or problem list. EHR data query identified 1338 (14.1%) patients with CAD and no documentation of statin therapy or exemption 30. These query parameters were established in accordance with Medicare's 2015 GPRO guidelines, which calculates performance using the following equation (equation 1):29

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Errors in Electronic Health Record–Based Data Query of Statin Prescriptions in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease in a Large, Academic, Multispecialty Clinic Practice

Shin

Ochuko

Bhatt

et al. 2018

JAHA

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BackgroundWith the recent implementation of the Medicare Quality Payment Program, providers face increasing accountability for delivering high‐quality care. Such pay‐for‐performance programs aim to leverage systematic data captured by electronic health record (EHR) systems to measure performance; however, the fidelity of EHR query for assessing performance has not been validated compared with manual chart review. We sought to determine whether our institution's methodology of EHR query could accurately identify cases in which providers failed to prescribe statins for eligible patients with coronary artery disease.Methods and ResultsA total of 9459 patients with coronary artery disease were seen at least twice at the Emory Clinic between July 2014 and June 2015, of whom 1338 (14.1%, 95% confidence interval 13.5–14.9%) had no statin prescription or exemption per EHR query. A total of 120 patient cases were randomly selected and reviewed by 2 physicians for further adjudication. Of the 120 cases initially classified as statin prescription failures, only 21 (17.5%; 95% confidence interval, 11.7–25.3%) represented true failure following physician review.ConclusionsSole reliance on EHR data query to measure quality metrics may lead to significant errors in assessing provider performance. Institutions should be cognizant of these potential sources of error, provide support to medical providers, and form collaborative data management teams to promote and improve meaningful use of EHRs. We propose actionable steps to improve the accuracy of EHR data query that require hypothesis testing and prospective validation in future studies.

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