Driving Risk Discussion

Measure Purpose: To ensure safe driving for patients with seizures and dementia

The numerator: Patients for whom there was a conversation documented about driving risks at least once every 24 months.

is divided by

The denominator: All patients aged 14 years of age and older with a diagnosis of seizures or dementia.

Exclusions:

• Provider documents patient's neurological condition is adequately controlled and does not have symptoms that warrant discussion
• Another provider has documented this discussion in the measurement period
• Patients that don't drive or no longer drive
• Patient refuses

Key Phrases

Examples of key phrases you might use to meet this measure:

• driving risks discussed
• Recommend patient no longer drives
• Recommend patient stops driving

Measure Calculation Example

Dr. Ferrari saw 50 patients with seizures and 50 patients with dementia that were over the age of 14 between January 1 and December 31. This is the denominator. Seven of those patients were no longer driving. These patients are removed from the denominator. 

Of the remaining 93 patients, 29 had a discussion about driving risks. This is the numerator.

Quality of care =29/(100-7). Dr. Ferrari has a score of 31% for this measure.