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Get Started with eCQMs - Development

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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
Many different organizations may participate in the development and maintenance of electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Measures Management System is a standardized system providing details on the process for developing and maintaining…

Get Started with eCQMs - Education

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(Last updated: Dec 11, 2025)
Introduction to eCQMseCQM Standards Overview: Where We Are and Where We Are Going Video Short - June 2025Patient Safety-Related eCQMs Video Short YouTube - March 4, 2024eCQM Basics - Updated October 2024eCQM Communications Resources - Updated October 2024eCQM 101 - Getting Started with…

Get Started with eCQMs - Implementation

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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
The eCQI Resource Center has resources for the implementation of eCQMs throughout the website, which you can search using Advanced Search (located in the upper right of each page). Key resources include:eCQM Annual TimelineeCQM Implementation ChecklisteCQM Annual Update Implementation User…

Get Started with eCQMs - Tools & Resources

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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)

Help Shape the Future of AHRQ’s Quality Indicators

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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
AHRQ has launched a brief user survey, and we want to hear from you. Whether you use AHRQ’s Quality Indicators for quality improvement, benchmarking, reporting, or research, your insights are key to ensuring these tools remain relevant, effective, and impactful.This is your opportunity to share how…

HL7 Quality Measure IG

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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
The Quality Measure Implementation Guide (QM IG) is intended to provide guidance on the representation of quality measures including digital quality measures (dQMs) using Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® (FHIR®) Clinical Reasoning Module. It defines the required structure, metadata,…

Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) System

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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
The Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) Secure Portal is the only CMS-approved website for secure communications and health care quality data exchange between quality improvement organizations, hospitals, physician offices, nursing homes, end-stage renal disease networks and facilities, and…

HQMF

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(Last updated: Jan 29, 2025)
HL7 defines the Health Quality Measures Format (HQMF) as a standard for representing a health quality measure as an electronic document. Quality measures encoded in the HQMF format are referred to as electronic clinical quality measures, or eCQMs.

HQR System Now Accepting Hybrid HWR and Hybrid HWM Measure Data for the FY 2027 Payment Determination

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(Last updated: Dec 10, 2025)
The Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) system is now open for the voluntary submission of core clinical data elements and linking variables for the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission (HWR) measure and Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality (HWM)…

Inferno

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(Last updated: Mar 19, 2025)
Inferno is an open-source tool designed for creating, executing, and sharing automated conformance tests for the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® (FHIR®) standard. Hosted on HealthIT.gov, Inferno offers a public service for running select FHIR conformance tests, including those relevant…
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