Clinical Quality Measures News and Resources for Healthcare

ONC Project Taps FHIR to Extract Over 40% of Clinical Data Registry

June 20, 2023 - Only about 46 percent of non-federal acute care hospitals in the United States participate in clinical data registries due to the daunting task of data collection. However, a solution may be in sight. A project funded by ONC's Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) leveraged Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) to...

Researchers Develop eCQMs for Cancer Diagnostic Process, Follow-Up

June 02, 2023 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...

Improved EHR Usability Needed to Support Care Coordination, Communication

September 23, 2022 by Hannah Nelson

Efforts to optimize EHR usability for patients, caregivers, and clinicians are necessary to improve care coordination, according to a National Quality Forum (NQF) report. With funding from CMS, NQF...

NAACOS Launches ACO Digital Quality Measurement Task Force

April 12, 2022 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...

Advanced EHR Capabilities Lead to Improved Clinical Performance

April 28, 2021 by Christopher Jason

Between 2014 and 2017, healthcare facilities with more significant EHR capabilities had better clinical quality composite measures than other facilities, but healthcare clinics that adopted EHRs during...

3 Keys to a Successful Value-Based Care Implementation

November 13, 2017 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The goals of value-based care are clear — improved population health, increased patient satisfaction, and reduced cost — but the means of getting there aren’t. Healthcare organizations are grappling with the transition...