Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) Resource Center
Transforming eCQI through collaboration, education, and standards
New to eCQMs? Learn the basics about eCQMs, development, certification, and resources to get started.
Educational resources available for eCQMs and eCQI, Tools, CQL, FHIR, QDM, and QRDA.
Key standards for the electronic transmission of health information used to support eCQMs.
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® is a standard for exchanging healthcare information electronically.
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 onFacilities 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… Posted onThe 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 onThe 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…
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