New CMS/ONC Children's Measures Project Draft Quality Measures Available in USHIK for Public Comment
Using AHRQ’s USHIK website, the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), along with the Office of the National
Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), has released additional draft Quality Measures
developed under the CMS/ONC Children's Measures project for public comment.
The measures, “Immunizations by 13 years of age - HPV” and “Immunizations by 13
years of age - Meningococcus, Tetanus, and Diptheria” are now available.
To access and comment on the draft measures, select the “Draft Measures” tab in USHIK. Select the individual measure you would like to view. You must authenticate to UMLS using your (free) UTS account credentials to view the value sets and codes of a measure. To submit feedback on a specific draft measure select the “Provide Feedback” button located at the top of the individual quality measure’s page, fill the form out on the screen and submit. All feedback is sent to CMS and ONC for review.
USHIK is an on-line, publicly accessible registry and repository of healthcare related data, metadata, and standards. USHIK is funded and directed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) with management support and partnership from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics.
To access and comment on the draft measures, select the “Draft Measures” tab in USHIK. Select the individual measure you would like to view. You must authenticate to UMLS using your (free) UTS account credentials to view the value sets and codes of a measure. To submit feedback on a specific draft measure select the “Provide Feedback” button located at the top of the individual quality measure’s page, fill the form out on the screen and submit. All feedback is sent to CMS and ONC for review.
USHIK is an on-line, publicly accessible registry and repository of healthcare related data, metadata, and standards. USHIK is funded and directed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) with management support and partnership from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics.
