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Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) Resource Center

Transforming eCQI through collaboration, education, and standards

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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®

Latest News

ONC recently released the 2026 Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) Reference Edition. This year’s update incorporates the Federal FHIR®Action Plan, which informs federal investment in and adoption of the HL7®FHIR standard. Initially released in 2024, the action plan… Posted on

Facilities participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) Program should be aware of upcoming data submission deadlines:

For the Quarter (Q)4 2025 reporting period (October 1, 2025 —December 31, 2025): 

Data for…
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The Quality Data Implementation (QDI) user group reviews standards and data models used to express quality measures. As CMS quality measurement transitions to the use of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standards, the group has increased its focus on FHIR-based models,… Posted on

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Measures Under Consideration Entry/Review Information Tool (MERIT) is the online tool used to submit quality and efficiency measures for consideration by CMS Medicare programs. Measure developers and stewards use MERIT to enter and submit… Posted on