Electronic Clinical Quality Measures - The Joint Commission

The following sections provides links to eCQM specifications used by The Joint Commission and access to support resources. 2023 Reporting Period. tomaincontent ElectronicClinicalQualityMeasures|TheJointCommission ElectronicClinicalQualityMeasures Anelectronicclinicalqualitymeasure(eCQM)isaclinicalqualitymeasurethatisspecifiedinastandardelectronicformatandisdesignedtousestructured,encodeddatapresentintheelectronichealthrecord.TheeCQMsusedbyTheJointCommissionareupdatedonanannualbasistoaccountforchangesinclinicalevidence,measurelogic,andcodingupdates.TheJointCommissionmaintainsclosealignmentwithCMSmeasureswherepossibleandcontinuestoadvanceeCQMdevelopmenttodrivequalityimprovement.ThefollowingsectionsprovideslinkstoeCQMspecificationsusedbyTheJointCommissionandaccesstosupportresources.   2023ReportingPeriod ThemeasuresacceptedbyTheJointCommissionthatareinalignmentwithCMSare:eSTK-2,eSTK-3,eSTK-5,eSTK-6,eVTE-1,eVTE-2,ePC-05,eED-2,SafeUseofOpioids–ConcurrentReporting.SpecificationsandsupportdocumentsfortheseeCQMsareavailableontheeCQIResourceCenterEligibleHospital/CriticalAccessHospitaleCQMspage. Additionally,ePC-02andePC-07arecurrentlyunderCMSEligibleHospital/CriticalAccessHospitalPre-Rulemakingpubliccomment.SpecificationsandsupportdocumentsfortheseeCQMsareavailableontheeCQIResourceCenterEH/CAHPre-Rulemakingpage.TechnicalreleasenotesandmeasureflowsforthesemeasuresarelocatedintheJointCommissioneCQMpackagezipfilesalongwithePC-01andePC-06. eCQIResourceCentereCQIResourceCenter ePC-01andePC-06areadditionalmeasuresstewardedandacceptedbyTheJointCommission.Measurespecifications,measureflows,valuesetinformation,andtechnicalreleasenotesareavailableinthezipfilesbelow. eCQMSpecifications2023ReportingPeriod eCQMMeasureFlows2023ReportingPeriod eCQMValueSets2023ReportingPeriod TechnicalReleaseNotesAnnualUpdate   2022ReportingPeriod ThemeasuressupportedbyTheJointCommissionthatareinalignmentwithCMSare:eSTK-2,eSTK-3,eSTK-5,eSTK-6,eVTE-1,eVTE-2,ePC-05,eED-2,SafeUseofOpioids.SpecificationsandsupportdocumentsfortheseeCQMsareavailableontheeCQIResourceCenter. eCQIResourceCenter Also,ePC-01,ePC-02,andePC-06,andePC-07areadditionalmeasuressupportedbyTheJointCommission.Measurespecifications,measureflows,valuesetinformation,andtechnicalreleasenotesareavailableviathelinksbelow. eCQMSpecifications2022ReportingPeriod eCQMMeasureFlows2022ReportingPeriod eCQMValueSets2022ReportingPeriod TechnicalReleaseNotesAnnualUpdate 2021ReportingPeriod ThemeasuressupportedbyTheJointCommissionthatareinalignmentwithCMSare:eSTK-2,eSTK-3,eSTK-5,eSTK-6,eVTE-1,eVTE-2,ePC-05,eED-2,SafeUseofOpioids.SpecificationsandsupportdocumentsfortheseeCQMsareavailableontheeCQIResourceCenter. eCQIResourceCenter Also,ePC-01,ePC-02,andePC-06areadditionalmeasuressupportedbyTheJointCommission.Measurespecifications,measureflows,valuesetinformation,knownissueslogandtechnicalreleasenotesareavailableviathelinksbelow. eCQM_Specifications_ReportingPeriod_2021.zip eCQM_MeasureFlows_2021_ReportingPeriod.zip eCQM_ValueSets_2021_ReportingPeriod_2021.zip Known_Issues_Log_eCQM_Specifications_ReportingPeriod2021.pdf Technical_Release_Notes_2020_Annual_Update_for_2021_Reporting_Year.zip 2020ReportingPeriod ThemeasuressupportedbyTheJointCommissionthatareinalignmentwithCMSare:eSTK-2,eSTK-3,eSTK-5,eSTK-6,eVTE-1,eVTE-2,ePC-05,eED-2.SpecificationsandsupportdocumentsforthesemeasuresarehousedontheeCQIResourceCenter. eCQIResourceCenter Also,ePC-01andePC-02areadditionalmeasuressupportedbyTheJointCommission.Measurespecifications,measureflows,valuesetinformation,andtechnicalreleasenotes,areavailableviathelinksbelow: eCQM_Specifications_ReportingPeriod2020.zip eCQM_Measure_Flows_ReportingPeriod2020.zip eCQM_Value_Sets_ReportingPeriod2020.zip Technical_Release_Notes_ReportingPeriod2020.pdf   SupportResources ForquestionsorissuesrelatedtoCMSalignedeCQMsuse: ONCJIRACQMIssueTracker ForquestionsorissuesrelatedtoadditionaleCQMssupportedbyTheJointCommission,pleasesubmitaquestionontheQ&Asite http://manual.jointcommission.org. SpecificationsManuals ElectronicClinicalQualityMeasures ChartAbstractedMeasures Thissiteusescookiesandothertrackingtechnologiestoassistwithnavigation,providingfeedback,analyzingyouruseofourproductsandservices,assistingwithourpromotionalandmarketingefforts,andprovidecontentfromthirdparties.Getmoreinformationaboutcookiesandhowyoucanrefusethembyclickingonthelearnmorebuttonbelow.Bynotmakingaselectionyouwillbeagreeingtotheuseofourcookies. IAgree LearnMore