ZZVA-*PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE (10)    REMINDER DEFINITION (811.9)

This "VA-*PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE" reminder is defined based on the
    vaccination with pneumococcal vaccine in their lifetime.
 
    Goal for FY 2000: 80% of individuals 65 and older have received
    pneumococcal vaccine.
following "Pneumococcal Vaccine" guidelines specified in the VHA HANDBOOK
1101.8, APPENDIX A.
 
    Target Condition: Pneumococcal pneumonia.
 
    Target Group: Outpatients age 65 and older.
 
    Recommendation: All persons age 65 and older should receive one

If this reminder is not going to be used at your facility, the INACTIVE
should be given to the patient regardless of the patients age.
 
Please review both of these reminder definitions, choose one of them to
use.  If local modifications need to be made, copy the preferred reminder
to a new reminder and make your reminder modifications.
FLAG should be set to inactive.
 
This reminder represents the minimum criteria for checking if the
pneumococcal vaccine has been given to the patient.  
 
The Ambulatory Care EP recommends a variation on this reminder represented
in the "VA-PNEUMOVAX" reminder, which includes a check for diagnoses
documented for the patient that would indicate the pneumococcal vaccine

• REMINDER FREQUENCY:   99Y
  MINIMUM AGE:   65
  AGE MATCH TEXT:   

  Pneumovax due once for patients 65 and over.
  

  NO. OF AGE MATCH LINES:   1
  NO. OF AGE NO MATCH LINES:   0