Medication Compliance

med_cmplnc

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

A measure of a patient's adherence to a prescribed medication regimen, calculated in PBM and EHR systems using metrics such as Proportion of Days Covered (PDC) or Medication Possession Ratio (MPR). Critical for HEDIS quality reporting, chronic disease management programs, and Star Ratings performance tracking.

Standard Abbreviation

med_cmplnc

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  med_cmplnc VARCHAR(100),  -- Medication Compliance (max 100 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  med_cmplnc as medication_compliance
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Risk stratification and population health analytics
CMS-HCC risk adjustment and RAF score calculation
Quality measure attribution and HEDIS reporting
Clinical data warehouse schema design
Value-based care contract performance tracking

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
med_cmplnc

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  med_cmplnc   VARCHAR(100),  -- Medication Compliance (max 100 chars)
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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