title: Suitability of the Arden Syntax for representation of quality indicators.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The lack of computable clinical quality indicators in standard format makes use of the measures in electronic health records (EHR) difficult.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Assess Arden Syntax as a formalism for quality indicators.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-nine measures were encoded as medical logic modules and shortfalls identified.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All logic components of the measures were expressible. 38% of QIs were limited by lack of data in an EHR.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Arden Syntax is suitable for representation of quality indicators.
authors.affiliation: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Jenders
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012660:Semantics; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled