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HIT Policy Committee Clinical Quality Workgroup Presentation to HIT Standards Committee

HIT Policy Committee Clinical Quality Workgroup Presentation to HIT Standards Committee. Jim Walker, MD January 25, 2012. Workgroup Membership. Co-Chairs: Jim Walker, MD Geisinger Health System Karen Kmetik , PhD American Medical Association - PCPI Members: Aneel Advani David Baker

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HIT Policy Committee Clinical Quality Workgroup Presentation to HIT Standards Committee

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  1. HIT Policy CommitteeClinical Quality WorkgroupPresentation to HIT Standards Committee Jim Walker, MD January 25, 2012

  2. Workgroup Membership Co-Chairs: Jim Walker, MD Geisinger Health System Karen Kmetik, PhD American Medical Association - PCPI Members: • Aneel Advani • David Baker • Anne Castro • Chris Chute • Pam Cipriano • Terry Cullen • John Derr • Bob Dolin • Floyd Eisenberg • John Halamka • Rosemary Kennedy • Patrice Holtz • David Lansky • Farzad Mostashari • Gene Nelson • Jonathan Perlin, • Eva Powell • Marjorie Rallins • Philip Renner • Danny Rosenthal • Joachim Roski • Jon White

  3. Clinical Quality WG Improving the Quality of care is a cornerstone of HITECH • Clinical Quality Measures • “people respect what we inspect” • Clinical Decision Support • Processes, Products, or People that improve clinical quality

  4. What we need • CQMs need to be defined in a standard way so that EHRs can understand: • Data elements required for capture • Inclusion and exclusion criteria • CQMs and CDS interventions both need: • Well defined & harmonized value sets

  5. Questions that the WG will address • What are the appropriate standards for value set definition & sharing? • What entities/ processes should be used to maintain & validate eMeasures & Value sets? • How should this work be aligned with Clinical Decision Support – which has nearly identical depenencies on value sets.

  6. Questions that the WG will address • What standard(s) should be used for the definition of eMeasures? • What standard(s) should be used for the extraction and export of data for eMeasure computation? • What are the technical criteria by which eMeasures should be judged as “good” or “bad?” • How (and by whom?) should eMeasures be maintained, shared and delivered?

  7. Next Steps • Kick off a re-formulated Clinical Quality workgroup by 2/1/2012 • Align with the HITPC quality WG. • First report of this WG will be in made at the HITSC meeting in February.

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