Performance measures are essential to the credibility of any health care organization and are required of an accredited or certified organization. Reporting requirements. Learn about the details of the program and how you can participate to help further adoption of eCQMs. Pioneers in Quality. Measurement resources. The Release Notes for each version of the manual outline the changes associated with that specific release and include corrections and clarifications from the Joint Commission.
Note: Measure specifications available in the manuals below are also used in CMS payment programs e. Once you navigate to the page, select the version associated with the specific data collection time period.
Joint Commission Specifications Manuals. The Joint Commission Guide for Data Entry of Chart-Abstracted Measures describes the aggregate data requirements for hospitals submitting chart-abstracted measure data. Need more information? The Joint Commission has successfully developed and nationally implemented many standardized core performance measures for hospitals.
In early , the Joint Commission solicited input from a wide variety of stakeholders e. In May , the Joint Commission announced four initial core measurement areas for hospitals, which included acute myocardial infarction AMI and heart failure HF.
CMS and the Joint Commission worked to align the measure specifications for use in the 7th Scope of Work and for Joint Commission accredited hospitals. Hospitals began collecting AMI measures for patient discharges beginning July 1, In November of , CMS and the Joint Commission began to work to precisely and completely align these common measures so that they are identical. This resulted in the creation of one common set of measure specifications documentation known as the Specifications Manual for National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures to be used by both organizations.
The manual contains common i.
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