Electronic Clinical Quality Measures
Electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) are measures specified in a standard electronic format that use data electronically extracted from electronic health records (EHR) and/or health information technology (IT) systems to measure the quality of health care provided. The eCQMs used by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ are updated on an annual basis to account for changes in clinical evidence, measure logic, and coding updates. ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ maintains close alignment with CMS measures where possible and continues to advance eCQM development to drive quality improvement. The following sections provides links to eCQM specifications used by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ and access to support resources.
The measures accepted by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ that are in alignment with CMS are: GMCS, HH-Hyper, HH-Hypo, HH-ORAE, Safe Use of Opioids – Concurrent Prescribing, PC-02, PC07, STK-2, STK-3, STK-5, VTE-1, VTE-2, OP-40. Specifications and support documents for these eCQMs are available on the eCQI Resource Center Eligible Hospital/Critical Access Hospital and Outpatient Quality Reporting eCQM webpages.
Additional measures stewarded and accepted by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ are:
Title | Short Name | eCQM ID |
---|---|---|
Elective Delivery | PC-01 | CMS113v12 |
Exclusive Human Milk Feeding | PC-05 | CMS9v12 |
Unexpected Complications in Term Newborns | PC-06 | CMS851v4 |
Measure specifications, measure flows, value set information, known issues log, and technical release notes are available in the zip files below.
The measures accepted by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ that are in alignment with CMS are: STK-2, STK-3, STK-5, STK-6, VTE-1, VTE-2, PC-02, PC-05, PC07, ED-2, Safe Use of Opioids – Concurrent Prescribing, HH-01, HH-02, OP-40. Specifications and support documents for these eCQMs are available on the eCQI Resource Center Eligible Hospital/Critical Access Hospital eCQMs page.
Additionally, PC-02 and PC-07 technical release notes are located in the Joint Commission eCQM package zip files along with PC-01 and PC-06.
PC-01 and PC-06 are additional measures stewarded and accepted by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½. Measure specifications, measure flows, value set information, and technical release notes are available in the zip files below.
- eCQM Specifications 2023 Reporting Period
- eCQM Measure Flows 2023 Reporting Period
- eCQM Value Sets 2023 Reporting Period
- Technical Release Notes Annual Update
The measures supported by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ that are in alignment with CMS are: eSTK-2, eSTK-3, eSTK-5, eSTK-6, eVTE-1, eVTE-2, ePC-05, eED-2, Safe Use of Opioids. Specifications and support documents for these eCQMs are available on the eCQI Resource Center.
Also, ePC-01, ePC-02, and ePC-06, and ePC-07 are additional measures supported by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½. Measure specifications, measure flows, value set information, and technical release notes are available via the links below.
The measures supported by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ that are in alignment with CMS are: eSTK-2, eSTK-3, eSTK-5, eSTK-6, eVTE-1, eVTE-2, ePC-05, eED-2, Safe Use of Opioids. Specifications and support documents for these eCQMs are available on the eCQI Resource Center.
Also, ePC-01, ePC-02, and ePC-06 are additional measures supported by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½. Measure specifications, measure flows, value set information, known issues log and technical release notes are available via the links below.
The measures supported by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ that are in alignment with CMS are: eSTK-2, eSTK-3, eSTK-5, eSTK-6, eVTE-1, eVTE-2, ePC-05, eED-2. Specifications and support documents for these measures are housed on the eCQI Resource Center.
Also, ePC-01 and ePC-02 are additional measures supported by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½. Measure specifications, measure flows, value set information, and technical release notes, are available via the links below:
- eCQM_Specifications_ReportingPeriod2020.zip
- eCQM_Measure_Flows_ReportingPeriod2020.zip
- eCQM_Value_Sets_ReportingPeriod2020.zip
- Technical_Release_Notes_ReportingPeriod2020.pdf
For questions or issues related to CMS aligned eCQMs use:
For questions or issues related to additional eCQMs supported by ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, please submit a question on the Q&A site