Measure Authoring Tool 2012 Update
Thursday, January 12, 2012
12:30-2:00 PM ET
NQF staff led an interactive 90-minute session focused on the MAT’s enhanced features, as well as the MAT’s importance in advancing electronic measure (emeasure) development. The presentation was followed by discussion and a Q&A period.
Meeting Materials:
Learn more about the Measure Authoring Tool.
Learning Objectives
This webinar:
- Described the MAT, its importance, and its anticipated impact on performance measurement and quality improvement;
- Discussed how the Quality Data Model (QDM) supports the MAT in eMeasure development.
- Highlighted enhanced features in the MAT 2012 Update including the ability to:
- Create and maintain multiple versions of a measure;
- Search and reuse value sets created by other users;
- Provide narrative text to accompany measure components so users clearly understand a measure’s purpose;
- Stratify measure components by specific criteria – such as age or location – to better manage measure building and output; and
- Specify supplemental data for measure evaluation to support risk adjustment specified in some measures.
NQF staff and eMeasure experts from the hospital and electronic health record (EHR) vendor community lead an interactive 90-minute session focused on the major issues that hospitals should contemplate when planning for and implementing hospital-based eMeasures.
Featured Speakers
- Floyd Eisenberg, MD, MPH, FACP, Senior Vice President, Health Information Technology NQF
- Chris Millet, Senior Project Manager, eMeasure Quality, Health Information Technology, NQF
Contact and Login Information
If you have any questions, please contact Danielle Sims at dsims@qualityforum.org.
