eCQMs

What are eCQMs?

eCQMs are quality measures that were developed specifically to allow an electronic health record (EHR) system certified to Office of National Coordinator (ONC) standards to calculate, export, and submit the measure data.

There are currently 29 available eCQMs, 28 of which are applicable for the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program. Hospitals must successfully submit data for at least four of the eCQMs to meet program requirements for the Hospital IQR Program. Any hospital that satisfies the electronic reporting requirement for the Hospital IQR Program will also be considered to be in compliance with the submission requirements for eCQMs under the EHR Incentive Program.

As we adopt more electronic workflows, we will need to become more adapt at using the EHR to directly capture quality data