CMS continues to build upon the Meaningful Measures with the Meaningful Measures 2.0 and the Cascade of Meaningful Measures framework in the context of the CMS National Quality Strategy. When first introduced in 2017, the Meaningful Measures’ objective was to reduce the number of Medicare quality measures and ease the burden on measured entities. The launch of the Meaningful Measures initiative has reduced the number of Medicare quality measures by 18 percent, saving more than 3 million hours of time and a projected $128 million. ...
Improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce health disparities. ; Increase patient engagement. ; Improve care coordination.
TABLE 1 Meaningful Use Requirements: Objectives and Clinical Quality Measures. An example of a core objective is “Maintain active medication list,” for which the associated measure is...
Clinical quality measures are used by clinicians and healthcare organizations to evaluate patient care processes, structures, and outcomes in order to identify areas for improvement. There is an increased demand for the development of robust, evidence-based quality measures that are broadly applicable, meaningful, and patient-centered. Measures can inform stakeholders how the healthcare system is performing, help identify weaknesses, and prioritize opportunities to leverage mechanisms to drive q...
Abstract Objectives: To systematically solicit recommendations from Meaningful Use (MU) exemplars to inform Stage 3 MU clinical quality measure (CQM) requirements. Study design: The study...
Assessment of clinically meaningful change is useful for treatment planning, monitoring progress, and evaluating treatment response. Outcome studies often assess statistically significant change, w...
HIMSS provided written comments to the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) regarding Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2021 Rates; Quality Reporting and Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CMS-1735-P). We are leveraging our members’ expertise in of...
Abstract Developing clinically meaningful summary measures of health-care quality is key to inferring quality of care. Current summary measures use a number of different approaches to weight their ...
Meeting Abstract: 2013 Quality Care Symposium ; Free access · Practice of Quality · November 01, 2013
National Healthcare Disparities Report CMS Meaningful Use Clinical Quality Measures Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) 17 Goals Set SMART goals: Specific...