Apr 4, 2019 | High Quality Data, HIMSS19 Presentations
“Transitioning from the Quality Data Model to Clinical Quality Language (CQL) impacts health IT vendors who implement electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQM). This session provides an overview of the CQL architecture, building a CQL execution engine, and...
Apr 4, 2019 | High Quality Data, HIMSS19 Presentations
“Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is a draft Health Level Seven International (HL7) standard describing data formats and elements and an application programming interface for exchanging electronic health records. Join this session to learn about...
Apr 4, 2019 | High Quality Data, HIMSS19 Presentations
“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the Collaborative Measure Development (CMD) Workspace, bringing together a set of interconnected resources, tools, and processes to promote clarity, transparency, and better interaction...
Feb 18, 2019 | HIMSS19 Presentations, Improved Experience of Care
“Operationalizing clinical decision support (CDS) from clinical guidelines is challenging and particularly difficult during emergencies when recommendations are often developed in real time. This is an overview of a CDC-led, multi-stakeholder initiative,...
Feb 18, 2019 | HIMSS19 Presentations, Improved Experience of Care
“A recent World Health Organization report estimates that 1 in 10 medical products – including pills, vaccines, and diagnostic kits – circulating in low and middle-income countries are either substandard or falsified. This counterfeit issue is growing...
Feb 18, 2019 | HIMSS19 Presentations, Improved Experience of Care, Increased Access
“Military medical organizations around the world are faced with an increasing number of challenges that can be helped and hindered by technology. Whether it’s cybersecurity or technology standards, military health IT decision makers are working to improve their...