Stream: Covid-19 Response
Topic: Metrics for Testing & Screening
Michael Donnelly (Mar 26 2020 at 16:34):
COVID-19-Metric-Specifications-2020-03-26-c.pdf
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Presumptive Positive Tests - the total number of patients who were documented with a presumptive positive result for a COVID-19 test during the reporting period.
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Encounters with a Presumptive Positive Test - the percentage of all visits and admissions during the reporting period in which a patient was identified as a presumptive positive COVID-19 test
- numerator: The number of COVID-19 tests during the reporting period with a presumptive positive COVID-19 test result in the given age group. Note that these patients do not need to have an encounter in the denominator to be included in the numerator—this metric is designed as an estimate for overall resource tracking.
- denominator: All visits and admissions during the reporting period
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Screening Rate - percentage of patient care contacts for which the patient was screened for communicable disease on the day of the contact
- numerator: The number of patients who have a response for at least one question related to COVID-19 communicable disease screening on the day of the visit or admission.
- denominator: The number of patients who had one of the following during the reporting range: a face to face visit (a visit where the patient met with a healthcare provider in person), a telephone visit, a telehealth visit, or a hospital admission.
Michael Donnelly (Mar 26 2020 at 16:37):
Screening
Individual healthcare organizations define what represents a COVID-19 disease screening in their systems.
Healthcare providers conduct the screening.
Screening typically consists of questions where the patient:
- Answers Yes or No to questions about whether they have been in contact with someone who is sick.
- Answers Yes or No to questions about whether they have been in contact with anyone who has been tested as presumptive positive for COVID-19.
- Describes any symptoms of a communicable disease that they have.
Michael Donnelly (Mar 26 2020 at 16:42):
For metrics that aren't a single number, the numerator and denominator should both be included.
Last updated: Apr 12 2022 at 19:14 UTC
