Work Group Co-chairs
James Berman, MD, Co-chair
Michael Goldberg, MD, Co-chair
Pediatric acute gastroenteritis measures. (PDF, 82KB, requires Adobe® Reader®)
Measure specifications
The Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (Consortium) provides specifications for obtaining the required data elements for its clinical performance measures based on the selected data source. More detailed specification information (PDF, 14KB) for electronic medical records, paper medical records, and use of administrative data is available.
Specifications for electronic medical records
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Algorithm for measures calculation (PDF, 83KB)
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Coding specifications (CPT® Category I, CPT® Category II, ICD-9, SNOMED CT®, LOINC®, NDC) (PDF, 717KB)
The files above are the initial release required for adoption of Consortium-developed measures within this measure set into electronic health record format.
Release notes will be provided with future updates and revisions.
Specifications for paper medical records and for use of administrative data will be provided later.
Specifications for paper medical records
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Prospective data abstraction tool to be provided at a later date.
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Retrospective data abstraction tool to be provided at a later date.
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Data abstraction definitions (including synonyms) to be provided at a later date.
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Algorithm for measures calculation to be provided at a later date.
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Medication table to be provided at a later date.
Specifications for administrative data (paper or electronic)
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CPT® Category II Codes to be provided at a later date.
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CPT® Category I Codes and ICD-9 Codes to be provided at a later date.
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