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Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) Resource Center

Transforming eCQI through collaboration, education, and standards

Aug 19, 2025 @ 1:00pm EDT
Get Started with eCQMs

New to eCQMs? Learn the basics about eCQMs, development, certification, and resources to get started.

Educational Resources

Educational resources available for eCQMs and eCQI, Tools, CQL, FHIR, QDM, and QRDA.

eCQM Standards

Key standards for the electronic transmission of health information used to support eCQMs.

HL7 FHIR®

Fast Healthcare Interoperability  Resources® is a standard for exchanging healthcare information electronically. 

Latest News

AHRQ has launched a brief user survey, and we want to hear from you. Whether you use AHRQ’s Quality Indicators for quality improvement, benchmarking, reporting,… Posted on

The United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 6 (USCDI v6) is now available! USCDI v6 includes an updated list of data classes and elements that seek to advance health data in a way that will benefit users of health IT. We also released the latest Standards Bulletin, which describes… Posted on

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the 2026 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Category III Implementation Guide (IG), Schematron, and Sample Files for Eligible Clinician programs.

The updated 2026 CMS QRDA III IG outlines requirements for… Posted on

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) Data Element Repository (DERep) to provide information on eCQMs used in CMS quality reporting and incentive programs for the calendar year (CY) 2026 reporting and performance periods… Posted on

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announces the display of the Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Proposed Rule!

On July 16, 2025, CMS’ Calendar Year (CY) 2026… Posted on