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Section 1c: FHIR®

HL7 FHIR® Guidance: Quality Reporting, Release 1 - US Realm

DESCRIPTION

This informative document provides an overview of the electronic quality measurement domain with specific reference to HL7's Clinical Quality Framework. The document further describes the case for using FHIR for quality measurement. It provides rationale for FHIR as fulfilling eleven qualities of an information modeling framework for use in information exchange: Expressivity, Alignment, Fitness, Liquidity, Community, Extensibility, Conformance, Tooling, Agility, Reusability, and Implementability. The document provides details for each of these qualities.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 FHIR® Guidance: Quality Reporting, Release 1 - US Realm may also go by the following names or acronyms:

"HL7 FHIR® Guidance: Quality Reporting, R1",

BENEFITS

  • Provides a single source of vetted guidance related to the use of FHIR for quality reporting
  • Creates rationale for FHIR as fulfilling eleven qualities of an information modeling framework for use in information exchange: Expressivity, Alignment, Fitness, Liquidity, Community, Extensibility, Conformance, Tooling, Agility, Reusability, and Implementability  

DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND

This white paper makes the case that using HL7® Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) for quality measurement specification, distribution, evaluation, and reporting provides many benefits that enable positive change in the clinical quality improvement ecosystem, including reducing reporting burden, increasing the accuracy and fidelity of reporting results, shortening the reporting cycle, and accelerating the overall clinical quality improvement lifecycle.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 FHIR® Guidance: Quality Reporting, Release 1 - US Realm

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TOPICS

  • Clinical Quality
  • Decision Support

BALLOT TYPE

  • Informative

STATUS DATE

2020-10-12

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP

Clinical Quality Information

PRODUCT TYPE

  • Document

STAKEHOLDERS

  • Clinical Decision Support Systems Vendors
  • EHR, PHR Vendors
  • Health Care IT Vendors
  • Healthcare Institutions
  • Local and State Departments of Health
  • Quality Reporting Agencies
  • Regulatory Agency

FAMILY

  • FHIR

CURRENT STATE

  • Active

REALM

  • US Realm
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