Description
The CAGE Alcohol Screening tool is utilized to identify alcoholism.
Calculator Search/Filter Keywords
At the calculator level, eCalcs comes delivered with default keywords that can be leveraged in the "Search/Filter" field to enable Specialty or System driven calculator searching. The following calculator keywords are delivered by default for the CAGE Alcohol Screening calculator:
Specialties
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiology
- Critical Care
- Family Practice
- Gastroenterology
- Gerontology
- Internal Medicine
- Obstetrics
- Pain Management
- Psychiatry
- Sleep Medicine
- Surgery
- Toxicology
Systems
Calculator Configuration Options
Preference Name
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Valid Range
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Description
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Publishing |
Checked / Unchecked |
When checked, the calculator will display for users on the front end. When unchecked, the calculator WILL NOT display for users on the front end.
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Orderable Item Override |
(BLANK) / G-CAGE |
“(BLANK)” indicates that the global configuration options for Orderable Item will be used. “G-CAGE” indicates that the calculator specific value will be used and can display the specific calculator name in the chart output.
|
Save Discrete Results |
True/False |
When True, saves the questions and results of the calculator discretely when saving the results of the calculator.
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Verification Required |
True/False |
When True, files the calculator output as requiring verification by generating a verification task.
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Calculator Inputs
Input
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Mapping Type
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Description
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Have you ever felt you should cut down your drinking? |
Result |
Does the patient feels he/she should cut down on drinking
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Have people annoyed you by criticizing your drinking? |
Result |
Does the patient feel annoyed when criticized about drinking
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Have you ever felt bad or guilty about your drinking? |
Result |
Does the patient ever feel bad or guilty about drinking
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Have you ever had a drink first thing in the morning to steady your nerves or get rid of a hangover? |
Result |
Does the patient drink first thing in the morning to steady nerves or get rid of a hangover
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Calculator Outputs
Output
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Mapping Type
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Description
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CAGE Score |
Result |
CAGE alcohol screening test score
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Quality Measures
Measure Category
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Measure Type
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Measure
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MIPS |
PQRS |
367, 431
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References
http://www.healthyplace.com/psychological-tests/cage-alcohol-screening-test/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAGE_questionnaire