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Mark your calendar! We are excited to announce that the 2026 CMS Quality Conference will return on March 16-18, 2026, both online and in person at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor. The premier event for healthcare quality nationwide will bring together a community of healthcare leaders,…
As you prepare to turn the page to 2026, please mark your calendar for March 16–18 to join us for the most anticipated healthcare quality event of the year: The 2026 CMS Quality Conference. The theme will be Make America Healthy Again: Innovating Together for Better Health.Get ready for inspiring…
The 2026 ASTP Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, DC February 11-12, 2026. The Annual Meeting will include in-person education and plenary sessions and networking opportunities for the health IT community. The mainstage plenary sessions will also be available for viewing online. Stay tuned…
The 2026 ASTP Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, DC February 11-12, 2026. The Annual Meeting will include in-person education and plenary sessions and networking opportunities for the health IT community. The mainstage plenary sessions will also be available for viewing online. Stay tuned…
The Submission Tool and Repository (STAR) is a measure database of quality performance measures submitted to the CMS consensus-based entity (CBE) for endorsement review. The database includes historical data for measures submitted for endorsement and maintenance to date. The CMS CBE updates the…
Synthea™ is an open-source, synthetic patient generator that models the medical history of synthetic patients. It provides realistic, but not real, patient data and associated health records covering every aspect of health care. The resulting data is free from cost, privacy, and security…
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…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) specifications for the 2026 reporting/performance period for hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient, and eligible clinician quality reporting programs. CMS updates the specifications…
US Core is a set of rules and best practices that help healthcare providers share patient information safely and efficiently across the United States. It uses the FHIR standard to align how data—such as patient records, medications, and lab results—is formatted and exchanged. These rules follow…
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 ASTP…
