AHRQ, CMS, ONC Integrate Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement Resource Center With United States Health Information Knowledgebase

AHRQ, CMS, ONC Integrate Electronic Clinical Quality Improvement Resource Center With United States Health Information Knowledgebase

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Agency for  Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the Office of the National  Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) have integrated the  eCQI Resource Center with United States Health Information Knowledgebase  (USHIK). USHIK is a publicly available database with technical measures  and specifications for calculating quality metrics established for federal  payment reimbursements. The recent integration allows users to compare  different versions and metadata of electronic Clinical Quality Measures. Users  can also download measure version details in several file formats for use in  different software programs. Links to this new functionality are found in the  measure tables within the Eligible Hospitals and Eligible Professionals pages  on the eCQI Resource Center website.