Quality Measures

ONC Releases Draft USCDI+ Quality Data Element List for Comment

June 5, 2023 - ONC recently published the draft USCDI+ Quality data element list for public comment. Through USCDI+ Quality, ONC seeks to extend the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) standard to establish harmonized data elements for various CMS and other quality measurement use cases. "Once mature, the USCDI+ Quality data element list can...


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Researchers Develop eCQMs for Cancer Diagnostic Process, Follow-Up

by Hannah Nelson

Electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) to assess quality of cancer diagnosis could help improve diagnostic performance, according to a study published in JAMIA. Researchers developed and...

PCP EHR Screen Time Linked to Higher Quality Outcomes

by Hannah Nelson

Primary care physician (PCP) EHR screen time spent on in-basket and clinical review was linked to higher quality outcomes for certain metrics, like breast cancer screening rates, according to a JAMA...

Using EHR Data to Help Prevent Avoidable Hospital Transfers

by Hannah Nelson

Researchers estimate that anywhere between 23 to 60 percent of hospital transfers of nursing home residents are potentially avoidable. A new tool that uses EHR data could help nursing homes prevent these unnecessary transfers and drive...

Yale Rheumatology Joins Qualified Clinical Data Registry

by Sarai Rodriguez

The Section of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology at Yale School of Medicine announced it would join the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE), a qualified...

OIG Report Finds VA EHR Pilot Site Lacks Quality, Patient Safety Metrics

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Spokane lacked important quality and patient safety metrics a year after it became the agency’s Cerner EHR pilot site, according to a VA...

NAACOS Launches ACO Digital Quality Measurement Task Force

by Hannah Nelson

The National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) has launched a new task force to develop recommendations for ACO digital quality measurement.   The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) aims...