Understanding the Impact of Variations in Measurement Period Reporting for Electronic Clinical Quality Measures.

Objective: To understand the impact of varying measurement period on the calculation of electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs).

Background: eCQMs have increased in importance in value-based programs, but accurate and timely measurement has been slow. This has required flexibility in key measure characteristics, including measurement period, the timeframe the measurement covers.

From Concepts and Codes to Healthcare Quality Measurement: Understanding Variations in Value Set Vocabularies for a Statin Therapy Clinical Quality Measure.

Objective: To understand the impact of distinct concept to value set mapping on the measurement of quality of care.

Background: Clinical quality measures (CQMs) intend to measure the quality of healthcare services provided, and to help promote evidence-based therapies. Most CQMs consist of grouped codes from vocabularies - or 'value sets' - that represent the unique identifiers (i.

Specifications of Clinical Quality Measures and Value Set Vocabularies Shift Over Time: A Study of Change through Implementation Differences.

Clinical quality measures (CQMs) aim to identify gaps in care and to promote evidence-based guidelines. Official CQM definitions consist of a measure's logic and grouped, standardized codes to define key concepts. In this study, we used the official CQM update process to understand how CQMs' meanings change over time.