Collaborative for Performance Measure Integration with EHR Systems

Register here for the October 16, 2008 Collaborative meeting

The Collaborative for Performance Measure Integration with EHR Systems (Collaborative), initiated in 2006, is co-sponsored by the American Medical Association, the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Vendors Association (ERHVA), and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

Measure development organizations such as the Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement and the NCQA have developed performance measures designed to assist physicians in improving the quality of patient care delivered in the ambulatory environment and EHR vendors are working to incorporate performance measure functionality into EHR products.

The Collaborative is comprised of a group of stakeholders—performance measure developers, EHR vendors, expert EHR users, national quality improvement organizations and technical experts in physician performance measurement and quality improvement—who have a shared goal of facilitating the integration of performance measures with EHR systems.

For more information about this initiative see the following documents:

April 24, 2008, Collaborative meeting materials

• Meeting summary (PDF, 56KB)
• Presentation: P. Jon White, MD (PDF, 68KB)
• Presentation: L. Gregory Pawlson, MD, MPH (PDF, 145KB)
• Presentation: Delane Heldt (PDF, 21KB)
• Presentation: Fred Rachman, MD (PDF, 300KB)
• Presentation: Stephen Persell, MD, MPH (PDF, 1.3MB)
• Presentation: Jesse Singer, DO (PDF, 651KB)
• Presentation: MaryAnn Peifer, MD (PDF, 1.6MB)
• Presentation: Kathryn L. Coltin, MPH (PDF, 292KB)
• Remaining issues that require resolution (PDF, 42KB)

2007 Collaborative Report

• Executive summary (PDF, 348 KB)
• Part 1: A reference guide for EHR vendors (PDF, 220 KB)
• Part 2: Current EHR system functionality (PDF, 153 KB)
• Part 3: Work group recommendations PDF, 27 KB)

October 16, 2007, Collaborative meeting materials

• Presentation: HIT Expert Panel (HITEP) (PDF, 388KB)
• Presentation: Work group A (PDF, 48KB)
• Presentation: Performance measure study (PDF, 796KB)
• Presentation: Work group B (PDF, 100 KB)

Other Collaborative materials

• Jan. 5, 2007, Collaborative description of activity (PDF, 33KB)
• Nov. 17, 2006, meeting summary (PDF, 36KB)
• June 22, 2006, meeting summary (PDF, 22KB)