The following report/blog was developed by Evelyn Gallego. (See extended entry for background.) The HIT Standards Committee formed three subgroups to focus on the critical areas of: Clinical Operations, Clinical Quality (including quality reporting), and Privacy and Security. Of particular interest is the clinical quality group that is reviewing the endorsed quality measures and standardizing an implementable list to be be incorporated in HIT systems for quality measurement and public reporting. In parallel, the NQF …

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