Clinical+Quality+Framework+Initiative

include component="page" wikiName="siframework" page="CQF header" =Announcements= The next Community Call will be on Thursday, October 6 at 11AM-12PM EDT. The September 22 call will be canceled due to the HL7 meeting in Baltimore, MD.
 * Next All Hands Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 6 **

We welcome all participants to contribute actively. To volunteer as a Pilot team(s) or a Standards Sub-team, please contact one of the CQF team members.
 * Call for Participation **

Please view the following links on cyclical funding opportunities. If members are not ready to participate in the first cycle, AHRQ encourages those members to prepare for future cycles.
 * Cyclical Funding Opportunities **

Links to AHRQ CDS FOAs:


 * Scaling Established Clinical Decision Support to Facilitate the Dissemination and Implementation of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Findings (R18)
 * Developing New Clinical Decision Support to Disseminate and Implement Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Findings (R18)

We are pleased to announce that on July 18, 2016, ONC announce the Phase 1 Winners for the Consumer Health Data Aggregators and Provider User Experience Challenges to be University of Utah Health Care/ Intermountain Healthcare/ Duke Health System was one of the four winners!
 * ONC Phase 1 Winners for Consumer Health Data Aggregators and Provider User Experience Challenges **

The challenges were designed for foster private sector innovation to enable consumers and providers to easily and securely access and share electronic health information. To read more information on the ONC challenge, please [|visit their website]. = Weekly Meetings =

Clinical Quality Framework All Hands Meeting
To communicate harmonization and Pilot efforts with the HL7 work groups, other S&I framework initiatives, and a broad set of the clinical quality community.  __** HL7 Related Work Group Meetings **__** : **// [ Note that calls are often canceled. For the latest information, please visit the Conference Link at [|HL7.org]]// Working meeting to develop CDS-on-FHIR and address CQF questions. Meeting Time: Tuesday 1PM - 3PM ET Working meeting to develop the Clinical Quality Framework Data Model.
 * Meeting Time: ** Biweekly Thursdays 11am- 12:30pm ET
 * URL: []
 * Dial In: 1-650-479-3208
 * Access code: 666 535 029
 * CDS-on-FHIR Meeting **
 * URL: []
 * Dial In: 224-501-3312
 * Participant code: 383926805
 * CQF Data Model Meeting **
 * Meeting Time: ** Tuesday 12PM - 1PM ET
 * URL: @https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/442585925
 * Dial In: 646-749-3131
 * Participant Code: 442-585-925

To ballot specifications and implementation guides and resolve ballot-related issues for clinical quality-related HL7 standards work. This work group is the primary sponsor of the Clinical Quality Data Model. =More Information= The Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement (eCQI) Resource Center launched the week of February 2, 2015. This web-based tool will provide:
 * HL7 CQI Work Group Meeting **
 * Meeting Time: ** Friday 1-3pm ET
 * URL: @https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/474457221
 * Dial In: 1-770-657-9270
 * Access Code: 217663
 * eCQI Resource Center is Here **
 * Centralized One-Stop-Shop location for electronic quality resources
 * List of electronic clinical quality measures and their specifications
 * Links to tools for measure development, testing, and certification

The intent of the resource center is to provide a central repository for eCQI resources in an effort to reduce burden for the eCQI community and improve user experience by connecting related activities and streamlining the process for obtaining guidance and feedback. Please note that eCQI Resource Center will be enhanced in a phased approach.

The [|Quality Data Model (QDM)] describes clinical concepts in a standardized format to enable electronic clinical quality measurement. Quality Data Model specification, version 4.1.2 was released on January 14, 2015. Support for the 4.1.2 changes were made in the Measure Authoring Tool (MAT) v4.1.0.
 * Quality Data Model 4.1.2 Released **

QDM 4.1.2 contains the following changes:

–Removal of the anatomical approach site attribute from all Physical Examdatatypes –Removal of the method attribute from Procedure, Intolerancedatatype –Clarification of the meaning of start datetime and stop datetime in all Orderdatatypes –Clarification regarding where quantity-based temporal comparisons can and cannot be used

To see the profiles:
 * CQF Profiles are Available as Part of the Continuous Build of FHIR **
 * Go to []
 * Click on Clinical Resources
 * Click on the resource name
 * Click on the Packages tab
 * Click on a CQF package
 * Click on the profile name

If you have CQF-related questions or issues, please enter them in the [|CQF Issue Tracker](available at [|https://][|docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WLMutJqLRGpbvSLr7IT0eUq4CkE7c90kFsO0tXzo60U/edit#gid=0]). You will need a gmail account and access privileges. Please contact Swapna Bhatia for access. =Timeline= March 2014: **Pre-Discovery** - Call for participation April 2014: **Discovery** - Charter, use case, and functional requirements development May 2014-November 2015: **Implementation** – Standards development and review June 2014-November 2015: **Pilots** December 2015: **Evaluation** include component="page" wikiName="siframework" page="CQF Contacts"
 * CQF Issue Tracker **