Journal
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION
Volume 28, Issue 11, Pages 2475-2482Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocab013
Keywords
electronic clinical quality measures; quality reporting; clinical quality measurement; value-based purchasing program; fast healthcare interoperability resources (FHIR)
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This article discusses CMS's eCQM Strategy Project and stakeholder feedback on burdens and recommendations, as well as CMS's efforts to address them through implementation strategies. Six themes emerged from stakeholder feedback, with over 100 recommendations being addressed by CMS to improve the eCQM development, implementation, and reporting experience.
Healthcare is undergoing a digital transformation, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to help providers navigate the clinical quality improvement landscape. In December 2017, CMS launched the Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) Strategy Project. This article consists of 2 parts. The first part describes stakeholder outreach aimed to identify burdens and recommendations related to eCQM implementation and reporting. The second part describes how these burdens were addressed by CMS and how to engage in the digital transformation journey. Six themes emerged from the stakeholder feedback: Alignment, Value, Development Process, Implementation and Reporting Processes; EHR certification process; and Communication, Education, and Outreach. CMS and its partners addressed over 100 recommendations to improve the eCQM development, implementation, and reporting experience by creating implementation strategies. This included the development of new tools, such as the Measure Collaboration (MC) Workspace and ongoing testing of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)-based standards for quality measurement. CMS is sharing this summary of the eCQM Strategy Project to reflect CMS' interest in stakeholder engagement and burden reduction, increase awareness of available resources, and encourage continued engagement throughout this digital transformation in quality reporting.
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