Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs) help in measuring the quality of healthcare provided to a patient. The Health Quality Measures Format (HQMF) is HL7’s specification for defining the structure and content of a CQM. It is based on the HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM) just like CDA is, but uses that model to define all the information necessary to compute a quality measure and produce a mathematical result. This tutorial serves as an introduction to HQMF R1 and R2 and their design, as well as their use in quality measurement. This tutorial primarily covers the HQMF R2 architecture and technical specification, such as the role it plays in the quality measurement space as well as its relationship to other quality measurement standards, including the HL7 QDM-based HQMF R2 implementation guide (a US-realm guide for HQMF).

This Tutorial Will Benefit:        

New implementers, measure developers, policy makers, and standards developers

 Upon Completion of the Tutorial, Students Will Have:

• Knowledge of the history and design of HQMF R1 and R2
• The ability to explain the structure of an HQMF R2 document and a clinical quality measure
• Skills necessary to understand the HQMF R2 standard and its related implementation guides
• Knowledge of where HQMF R2 fits into the clinical quality workflow and related

 Faculty:

Kanwarpreet Sethi: Senior Software Architect & Engineer; Lantana Consulting Group