Health quality measures systems and methods
First Claim
1. A method of reporting health quality measures (HQMs) to a funding organization, the method comprising:
- providing access to an HQM client capable of converting patient data stored on a healthcare provider'"'"'s patient database from a proprietary format to a common HQM data format;
providing a healthcare organization interface coupled to the HQM client;
receiving, by the HQM client, first patient data in a first proprietary format from a first provider and second patient data in a second proprietary format from a second provider;
generating, by the HQM client, first normalized patient data and second normalized patient data by normalizing the first and second patient data from their respective first and second proprietary formats to the common HQM data format;
defining an HQM expression for generating HQMs based on different patient data types according to requirements set forth by the funding organization;
deriving, by the HQM client, a plurality of first HQMs for the first provider and a plurality of second HQMs for the second provider according to the HQM expression and based on the different patient data types, wherein the plurality of first HQMs are derived from the first normalized patient data and the plurality of second HQMs are derived from the second normalized patient data;
generating, by the HQM client, a presentation package comprising the plurality of first and second HQMs and the normalized first and second patient data; and
presenting the package to the funding organization.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of exchanging Healthcare Quality Measures (HQM) are disclosed. Healthcare providers can define one or more HQMs by constructing expressions using an expression builder according to a funding organization'"'"'s requirements. The expression builder advantageously allows the Healthcare provider to build measure expressions without the need to know a complex programming language. Once a measure is derived, it can be converted to a common HQM data format and exchanged with the organization via an intermediary HQM service. The HQM data can then be converted into the organization'"'"'s proprietary format. Thus, HQM data exchanges among providers and organizations are simplified.
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1. A method of reporting health quality measures (HQMs) to a funding organization, the method comprising:
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providing access to an HQM client capable of converting patient data stored on a healthcare provider'"'"'s patient database from a proprietary format to a common HQM data format; providing a healthcare organization interface coupled to the HQM client; receiving, by the HQM client, first patient data in a first proprietary format from a first provider and second patient data in a second proprietary format from a second provider; generating, by the HQM client, first normalized patient data and second normalized patient data by normalizing the first and second patient data from their respective first and second proprietary formats to the common HQM data format; defining an HQM expression for generating HQMs based on different patient data types according to requirements set forth by the funding organization; deriving, by the HQM client, a plurality of first HQMs for the first provider and a plurality of second HQMs for the second provider according to the HQM expression and based on the different patient data types, wherein the plurality of first HQMs are derived from the first normalized patient data and the plurality of second HQMs are derived from the second normalized patient data;
generating, by the HQM client, a presentation package comprising the plurality of first and second HQMs and the normalized first and second patient data; andpresenting the package to the funding organization. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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