Enhancing Quality Measurement With Clinical Information: A Use Case of Body Mass Index Change Among Children Taking Second Generation Antipsychotics

• DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2021.11.012
• Publication Date: 2022-03-23T20:11:34Z
• Authors: Tianyao Huo; Qian Li; Michelle I. Cardel; Regina Bussing; Almut G. Winterstein; Dominick J. Lemas; Hongzhi Xu; Jennifer Woodard; Kamila Mistry; Sarah Scholle; Keith E. Muller; Elizabeth A. Shen...
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; Adolescent; Medicaid; Medicare; Weight Gain; Article; United States; Body Mass Index; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Child, Preschool; Humans; Child; Aged; Antipsychotic Agents

We sought to examine the extent which body mass index (BMI) was available in electronic health records for Florida Medicaid recipients aged 5 18 years taking Second-Generation Antipsychotics (SGAP). also illustrate how clinical data can be used identify children most at-risk SGAP-induced weight gain, cannot done using process-focused measures.