Glossary

A tag is a keyword or term assigned to a piece of electronic information to serve as metadata and facilitate search processes.

The target/initial population refers to all events for evaluation by a specific performance measure involving patients or events who share a common set of specified characteristics within a specific measurement set to which a given measure belongs. Draw all patients/events counted (e.g., as numerator, as denominator) from the target/initial population.

A technical expert panel (TEP) is a group of experts and other interested parties who contribute guidance and thoughtful input to the measure developer or other group seeking advice and expert information from representatives from multiple interested party groups for the purpose of obtaining balanced input representing varied perspectives. Measure developers involve TEPs in every stage of the Measure Lifecycle, from conceptualization through maintenance.

The Technical Release Notes (TRNs) are resource files, which provide an overview of technical changes, e.g., logic and terminology, for each electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) in the most recent eCQM Annual Update for CMS reporting/performance periods. Each grouping, e.g., Eligible Clinician, Hybrid Measures, has their own TRN file.

A terminology system is a set of terms representing the system of concepts of a particular field.