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2014 Clinical Quality Measures Now Available
AHRQ has developed the U. S. Healthcare Knowledgebase (USHIK)
with both Meaningful Use Stage 1 and State 2 (2014) clinical quality
measures. The USHIK Web site provides different formats
for viewing, downloading, and comparing versions of electronic CQMs and
their value sets. It allows users to compare present, past, and future proposed versions of Meaningful Use quality measure and value sets. USHIK
allow researchers to browse, compare, and synchronize diverse data sets
in order to promote interoperability, uniformity, and comparability of
health data. Select to access USHIK.
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Ethics and HIT
Challenges...
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
- patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
- transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
- institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
- vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.