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CDS

QI-Core

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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
Quality Improvement Core (QI-Core) is a Health Level Seven International® (HL7®) implementation guide that defines a set of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® (FHIR) profiles that support successful creation of interoperable and quality-focused applications including Electronic Clinical…

Standards Harmonization

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(Last updated: Jan 28, 2026)
Clinical Decision Support (CDS) & Digital Clinical Quality Measures (dQMs)Clinical Decision Support (CDS) targets improvement during care delivery, while electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) assess the quality of care after it has been rendered. Because they aim to enhance health care…

Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®)

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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
The Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®) is a set of files and software bringing together health and biomedical vocabularies and standards to enable interoperability between computer systems. The UMLS integrates and distributes key terminology, classification and coding standards, and…

Value Set Authority Center (VSAC)

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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
The Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) is a value set authoring tool and repository. It is the source of truth for value sets for CMS's electronic clinical quality measures. The National Library of Medicine maintains the VSAC and provides access via web browsers and APIs. The VSAC provides…
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