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Journal Article Examines Quality Improvements to the Axon Registry
The AAN’s Axon Registry ® , a neurology-specific quality improvement registry offered free to Academy members, helps members drive quality improvement for neurology and has ongoing processes that result in more accurate data for users. An article published in the July 21, 2020, print issue of Neurology ® , “Implementation of a Data Accuracy Plan to Improve Data Extraction Yield in the Axon Registry,” examines a 2018 quality improvement project to improve the quality measure data mapping and key phrase logic in the registry. This quality improvement article continues the 2017 registrylevel external validation that identified recommendations to help improve the registry and were reported in “Axon Registry ® Data Validation: Accuracy Assessment of Data Extraction and Measure Specification,” published on April 30, 2019. Both articles are available at n.Neurology.org. The aim of the recent quality improvement project was to address two priorities identified by the external validation study: to improve methodology for mapping data from the electronic health record (EHR) systems into the clinical data record (CDR) and to improve key phrase logic for each measure. The AAN worked with the Axon Registry vendor, FIGmd Inc., to conduct an ongoing data quality improvement initiative (also referred to as the Data Accuracy Plan) to address both priorities. that better consistency in documentation would improve data quality and precision of data capture. This consistency encompasses both the free-text vs. discrete field documentation as well as where the data is stored within the EHR system.” The data accuracy plan concluded that there was substantial improvement Victorio in the accuracy of data extraction for quality measure elements following intervention to improve methodology for mapping EHR data into the CDR and key phrase logic. Implementation of changes and continued review of data mapping and data dictionary are important to ensure accurate measure performance and improve reliability and validity of Axon Registry data. For more information about the Axon Registry, visit AAN.com/ axon, or contact registry @ aan.com with registry data and registry enrollment questions.
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