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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/21/2024_CDS_Connect_IG_Statin_Therapy_CVD_eCQM.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Implementation Guide: Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) … drug (unless the patient
is already on a statin). … Suggested action: Order a statin medication.
4. … Patient understood the recommendation but elects not to take a statin.
iv. … muscle symptoms or an allergy to statin medication
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-electronic-health-record-based-data-query-statin-prescriptions-patients-coronary
March 12, 2025 - Study
Errors in electronic health record–based data query of statin prescriptions … Errors in Electronic Health Record-Based Data Query of Statin Prescriptions in Patients With Coronary … The authors evaluated how their institution's EHR measured a common quality metric—statin prescription … Errors in Electronic Health Record-Based Data Query of Statin Prescriptions in Patients With Coronary
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/k_QR3hvh2jVSPPLu6Q6m6r
November 13, 2022 - STUDY SELECTION Randomized clinical trials on statins vs placebo or no statin and statin
intensity in … Randomized
clinical trials of statin therapy vs placebo or no statin, statin dosing
strategies to target … statin dose. … based on trials of statins vs placebo or no statin
stratified according to statin intensity showed no … therapy and higher- vs lower-
intensity statin therapy; to more definitively determine whether
statin
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/yBxQssfCeRcD6BBeP2QjdQ
Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Clinical Summary
Figure. … Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Clinical Summary
Population … Considerations for
Implementation
The likelihood that a patient will benefit from statin use depends … discuss with patients
the potential risk of having a CVD event and the expected benefits and harms of statin … concludes that the evidence
is insufficient to determine the balance of
benefits and harms of initiating statin
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/chart-abstraction-template-cholesterol.html
March 01, 2021 - Cholesterol
Oklahoma Cooperative
Resource: Chart Abstraction Template—Cholesterol Control with Statin … template was used by an EvidenceNOW Cooperative to conduct chart abstractions for cholesterol control with statin
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/logic/2024-08/StatinTherapyForThePreventionAndTreatmentOfCVDeCQMDerived_Change_Log.txt
January 01, 2024 - allergen" (2.16.840.1.113883.3.117.1.7.1.423) with "Statin Allergen"
(2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1110.42 … )
- Replace "Moderate intensity statin therapy" (2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1047.98) value set
with "Moderate … Intensity Statin Therapy" (2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.3.1575)
- Replace "High intensity statin therapy" … Familial hypercholesterolemia reference code since it is now in the value
set
- Value Sets: Added Statin … - Population 3 Inclusions: Removed requirement for most recent LDL >= 70 mg/dL
- Exclusions: Added Statin
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/logic/2024-08/USPSTFStatinUseForPrimaryPreventionOfCVDInAdultsPatientFacing_Change_Log.txt
January 01, 2024 - Update CDSConnectCommonsForFHIRv102 to version 2.1.0
- Replace extensional value set "Low intensity statin … (currently expands to same codes)
- Replace extensional value set "Moderate intensity statin therapy … (currently expands to same codes)
- Replace extensional value set "High intensity statin therapy" … (currently expands to same codes)
- Replace extensional value set "Moderate intensity statin therapy … (currently expands to same codes)
- Replace extensional value set "High intensity statin therapy"
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/research-results/research/cholesterol-flowchart.html
March 01, 2021 - EvidenceNOW: Cholesterol Measure Flow Chart, National Evaluator
Minnesota Cooperative
Resource: Statin … Measure Flow Chart (PDF, 248.7 KB, 1 page)
This document provides a process flow diagram for the Statin
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/logic/2024-08/USPSTFStatinUseForPrimaryPreventionOfCVDInAdults_Change_Log.txt
January 01, 2024 - Update CDSConnectCommonsForFHIRv102 to version 2.1.0
- Replace extensional value set "Low intensity statin … (currently expands to same codes)
- Replace extensional value set "Moderate intensity statin therapy … (currently expands to same codes)
- Replace extensional value set "High intensity statin therapy" … (currently expands to same codes)
- Replace extensional value set "Moderate intensity statin therapy … (currently expands to same codes)
- Replace extensional value set "High intensity statin therapy"
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol/uspstf.html
September 01, 2018 - Clinical Recommendation: Statins in Primary Prevention of CVD
Resource title: Statin Use for
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www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol/primary-prevention.html
September 01, 2018 - using assessment results and patient preferences to guide decisionmaking and improving adherence to statin
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol-lipid-algorithm.pdf
December 14, 2015 - comorbid conditions
Repeat CVD risk evaluation
5-10%, every 2 y
<5%, every 5 y
Advise high-dose statin … statin
Y
Shared decision making
results in statin initiation
or continuation
Y
Y
N
Mediterranean … (stable symptoms of angina or equivalent)
CVA or TIA
Atherosclerotic PVD (Claudication or AAA)
Statin … Dose, by 10-year CVD Risk
10-Year Risk Statin Dose
ASCVD (second prevention) Moderate to high
>10% … Moderate
5-10% (with shared decision making) Moderate
<5% None
Drug Doses
Statin Moderate, mg High
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st459/stat459.shtml
November 01, 2014 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #459:
Changes in Statin Therapy among Adults (Age ≥ 18) by Selected Characteristics … XL
STATISTICAL BRIEF #459: Changes in Statin … Between 2000–2001 and 2010–2011, the average annual percentage of adults (age ≥ 18) reporting statin … Definitions
Statin medications
Each drug that was listed as purchased or otherwise obtained in the … medications, and each specific class of statin medication during the year.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/measure-handout-mw.pdf
June 02, 2025 - C
No measure
currently
developed
(For
Randomizati
on purposes
only, run
PQRS 163)
Statin … Therapy for the
Prevention and
Treatment of
Cardiovascular Disease
The number of patients with a statin … medication (Statin RXNORM Value
Set) current on the medication list
or prescribed a statin medication
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/18/Implementation%20Guide_USPSTF%20Statin%20Use%20for%20the%20Primary%20Prevention%20of%20CVD%20in%20Adults_Final.docx
October 01, 2017 - Implementation Guide: USPSTF Statin Use for Primary Prevention of CVD in Adults. … Basic Tests a
Table 3: USPSTF Statin Exclusion Tests b
Table 4: USPSTF Statin Inclusion Tests c
Table … Suggested action: order for a statin medication.
6. … Aligns with ACC/AHA thoughts on contraindications for statin use. … is already receiving a statin.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s131.pdf
October 01, 2007 - On each statin user’s index date, we sampled a subject
who had not used a statin as of that date (ie, … on a statin)
and prevalent users (ie, those taking a statin for some time). … Cohort 1—Incident Statin Users and Nonusers
Cohort 1a—Incident statin users and nonusers matched on … We restricted cohort 1 to incident statin users,
defined as no statin use in the 12 months before the … Thirty-six percent of incident statin users and 22.5%
of prevalent users stopped taking their statin.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/patient-centered-outcomes-research-clinical-decision-support-cds-connect/citation/uspstf
January 01, 2023 - Implementation guide: USPSTF statin use for primary prevention of CVD in adults. … Implementation guide: USPSTF statin use for primary prevention of CVD in adults.
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/21/Implementation%20Guide_Statin%20Therapy%20for%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Treatment%20of%20CVD%20eCQM_Final.docx
October 01, 2017 - Therapy eCQM Basic Tests a
Table 3: Statin Therapy eCQM Exclusion Tests b
Table 4: Statin Therapy eCQM … , a recommendation to consider ordering a statin drug is delivered. … Suggested action: order for a statin medication.
4. … Patient has understood the recommendation but elects not to take a statin.
d. … 'consider' a statin).
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol-pcor.pdf
November 01, 2016 - Substantial PCOR evidence shows that taking a statin
medication each day to manage blood cholesterol … People who have already had a heart attack or stroke
have also been shown to benefit from statin use … contraindicated or not tolerated, all patients at high risk
should receive a high- or moderate-intensity statin … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released
recommendations supporting statin use in adults at … disease, those with high LDL cholesterol levels, and
those with diabetes), who have been prescribed a statin
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/mk-eb9VtB_jx885wnjuzk3
January 01, 2024 - We included randomized trials of statin therapy vs pla-
cebo or no statin and assessed all-cause mortality … Benefits of Statin Treatment
Key Question 1a. … What are the harms of statin treatment? … 2
How do benefits and harms vary according to statin treatment potency? … What are the harms of statin treatment?