Description
This logic path determines if a patient is due or overdue for screening/surveillance based a documented next due date.
This path is intended to flag patients for individual patient alerts, within the context of a clinical encounter or outside an encounter, or for generating asynchronous reports on a cohort/panel of patients in order to target outreach or escalation.
Mid-Level Flow Diagram
Semi-Structured Logic Statements
Inclusions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Patients eligible for screening | |
See 'Screening Eligible' logic path | |
Exclusions
None.
Events
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Next due date is available? | Documented next due date, based on output of previous pathways. |
EXISTS next due date | |
Due for screening? | Refer to next due date, which is the output of previous pathways involving assessment of patient history and risk factors, to determine whether patient is currently due for screening study, overdue or not yet due. |
OVERDUE if next due date >= 6 months ago DUE if next due date within 3 months from now OR < 6 months ago Otherwise NOT DUE | |
Actions
Decision to screen Description Determine if screening/surveillance is appropriate and if so, when the next due date should be. Pseudocode See 'Decision to screen logic path' |
Patient outreach Description Overdue alert Pseudocode |
Recommendation: Order screening test Description ORDER for recommended screening test if 'Most recent pending order or referral for colorectal screening test' does not exist Pseudocode |