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eCQM FAQs

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Last updated: Mar 06, 2024
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This page is for the eCQM Submission questions. ·

Visit the Chart-Abstracted FAQ for questions pertaining to aggregate data submission for chart-abstracted measures and the Chart-Abstracted Measure module.

Visit the General FAQ for questions which are general to the DDSP regardless of the type of data being submitted.

eCQM FAQs: General

The CY2023 eCQM data deadline is March15, 2024.

Open/close dates and deadlines are shown within the platform. Please see the timeline document available in the ORYX FAQs for additional information:

https://jointcommission-ddsp.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DCS/pages/71008257

https://jointcommission-ddsp.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DCS/pages/71008257

Yes

Check here for the eCQM versions and HL7 standards that The Joint Commission has implemented.

The eCQI Resource Center (CMS) provides access to resources related to gaining an understanding of eCQMs, including a section under “Get Started with eCQMs” for new users:

https://ecqi.healthit.gov/

Yes - The Joint Commission’s Expert to Expert (EtoE) Webinar Series provides a deep-dive into measure intent, logic, and other clinical/technical aspects of electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) to assist hospitals and health systems in their efforts to improve eCQM data use for quality improvement. This series incorporates expertise from Joint Commission and other key stakeholders.

Refer to the Pioneers in Quality Expert to Expert Webinar series on The Joint Commission website:

https://www.jointcommission.org/measurement/pioneers-in-quality/pioneers-in-quality-expert-to-expert-series/

Yes

Check here for known issues with the alignment between CMS and TJC.

eCQM Navigation

 

eCQM Upload and Purge Data

For more detailed information and a demo video, see the Upload & Purge Data help topic.

 

 

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