Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:The Culture of Health Care
Unit:Quality Measurement and Improvement
Lecture:Current quality measures in use
Slide content:2016 and Onward Clinical Quality Measures Eligible professionals (physicians): Report on 10 objectives Example Objective 1: Protect patient health information Measure: Conduct or review a security risk analysis Eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals: Report on 9 objectives ExampleObjective 2: Clinical decision support Measure 1: Implement five clinical decision support interventions related to high-priority health conditions Measure 2: Enable and implement functionality for drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction checks for entire reporting period 13
Slide notes:Eligible professionals demonstrating 2016 CQMs were required to report on ten objectives, and eligible hospitals were required to report on nine objectives. Both groups have the same objectives, except that physicians also have an objective about secure messaging. The measures for each objective are similar, except for situations that relate specifically to physicians or to hospitals. For example, objective 1 for both professionals and hospitals is protect patient health information. And the measurement that they must meet is to conduct or review a security risk analysis. Objective 2 for both professionals and hospitals is Clinical decision support. Measure one is Implement five clinical decision support interventions related to high-priority health conditions. Measure two is Enable and implement functionality for drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction checks for the entire reporting period. However, physicians who write fewer than 100 medication orders during the reporting period are exempt from measure two. 13