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Quality Workgroup - Archives

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As each workgroup meeting is completed, all of the relevant materials will be archived here, including agendas, any presentation materials, the program archive, the transcript, etc.

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2008 Meetings: 09/05/08 | 08/05/08 | 06/30/08 | 05/09/08 | 03/13/08 | 02/08/08

2007 Meetings: 12/14/07 | 10/31/07 | 10/03/07 | 08/30/07 | 07/18/07 | 06/22/07 | 05/03/07 | 03/27/07 | 02/07/07 | 01/09/07 |

2006 Meetings: 12/13/06 | 11/01/06 | 10/11/06 | 09/22/06

Friday, September 5, 2008, 1:00 p.m., E.T.

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 •  Agenda
 •  Quality Vision Roadmap

• Meeting summary and transcript coming soon.

• Streaming archive coming soon.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 1:00 p.m., E.T.

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 •  Agenda
Presentations: Payment Reform Panel Discussion
   • Presentation: Stuart Guterman
   • Presentation: Robert Mandel
Background Materials for Panel on Vision Roadmap Component of Incentives and Payment Reform
   • Background: Stuart Guterman
   • Background: Tom Williams
 • Presentation for Discussion of Planning for Future Transition of the Work of the Quality Workgroup

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting summary coming soon.

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Monday, June 30, 2008, 1:00 p.m., E.T.

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 •  Agenda
 • Presentation on TRICARE Quality Measurement Efforts - CDR James Ellzy
 Presentations of Panel on Vision Roadmap Components of Data Aggregation and the Legal Framework:
    •  Arizona BQI Site
    • Indiana BQI Site
    • Wisconsin BQI Site
 • Presentation for Discussion of Planning for Future Transition of the Work of the Quality Workgroup

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Friday, May 9, 2008, 1:00 p.m., E.T.

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  • Agenda
  • Roski - Quality Alliance Steering Committee High-Value Health Care Project
  • Hattery - FY 2009 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule
  • Faerberg - Hospital Quality Alliance Process for Public Reporting Measure Selection
  • Measure Evolution Component of the Vision Roadmap and of Planning for Future Activities
  • Final QWG Recommendations Letter presented to AHIC on April 22, 2008
  • Final Ad Hoc CDS Group Recommendations Letter presented to AHIC on April 22, 2008

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Friday, March 13, 2008, 1:00 p.m., E.T.

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  • Agenda
  • Draft Diagrams of the Quality Measurement Development and Definition Process
  • Draft Recommendations Letter - Potential AHIC Quality Workgroup Recommendations
  • Potential AHIC Quality Workgroup Recommendations
  • Draft Recommendations Letter - AHIC Ad Hoc CDS Group
  • Osheroff - AHIC Ad Hoc CDS Group
  • Health Care at the Crossroads: Development of a National Performance Measurement Data Strategy (press release)

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Friday, February 8, 2008, 1:00 p.m., E.T.

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  • Agenda
  • Evans - Quality NYS Office of Health Information Technology Transformation
  • Emery - Interoperable Health Data Exchange and Reimbursement Reform
  • CDS Recommendations Letter
  • CDS Proto Recommendations
  • Quality Draft Recommendation Letter
  • Quality Draft Recommendation Slide
  • MS PowerPoint HIE Start Up Sustainability Report (PDF only, 1.38MB)

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Friday, December 14, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

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• Agenda
Slides for the Workgroup discussions on:
  • Rapp - Presentation on CMS’ Experience with Required Data Sets in Various Settings
  • Workgroup Discussion on the Vision Roadmap and Potential AHIC Recommendations
  • Carr – Enhanced Protections for Uses of Health Data

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

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 • Agenda
Slides for the Workgroup discussions on:
  • Update from Health Information Technology Expert Panel
  •  Quality Vision Roadmap Discussion
  •  AQA Health Data Stewardship

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Wednesday, October 3, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

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  • Agenda
  •  Requirements Analysis Report
  • Adobe Acrobat Patient Level Quality Data Document (PDF only)
  •  Update from NCVHS Ad Hoc Workgroup for Secondary Uses of Data
  •  Update from AHIC Personalized Healthcare Workgroup about Recent Testimony
  •  Update from HITSP on Clinical Care Document (CCD) interoperability specifications
  • Update on Requirements Analysis and Discussion of Draft Vision Roadmap

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Thursday, August 30, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

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  • Agenda
  • Implementation Status of Previous Quality Workgroup Recommendations to AHIC in March 2007
  • Requirements Analysis
  •  Potential Topic Areas for the Next Set of AHIC Recommendations
• Draft Report on "Analysis of Requirements for Health Information Technology to Enable the Mid and End State Visions for Quality"

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

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General Materials:
• Agenda
• Development of the Next Set of AHIC Recommendations Using a Requirements Analysis Process
• Ken Gebhart, BearingPoint - American Health Information Community Priorities Process and 2008 Use Cases

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Friday, June 22, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

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General Materials:
• Agenda
• Problem Statement
• Rattray - Overview of Episodes of Care
• Rattray - Establishing Priorities, Goals, and a Measurement System Across Episodes of Care: NQF National Priorities and Goal Setting Project
• Einbinder - Quality Data Management at Partners HealthCare
• Young - Kaiser Permanente: The Intersection of Data and Quality
• Tang - Deriving Quality Measures from EHRs: Realizing the Benefits

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Thursday, May 3, 2007, 12:30 p.m. ET

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General Materials:
• Agenda
• Paulus - Data Infrastructure Requirements: From "Data" to Clinical Transformation
• Kramer - Clinical Decision Support to Assist Clinician Delivery of Evidence-Based Care
• Wilhoit - Data Infrastructure for Quality Improvement
• Rapp - 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) - Module 2: Preparation and Participation Strategies for Successful Reporting
• Tripathi - Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
• Clough - Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Tuesday, March 27, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

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General Materials:
•  Agenda
•  Guidance on Reviewing the Quality Prototype Use Case
• PDF format Quality Prototype Use Case (PDF only, 217 KB)
•  Jessee and Kloss - Presentation from MGMA/AHIMA on the Report of Proceedings for the November 2006 AHRQ Conference on Healthcare Data Collection and Reporting
•  Loonsk - AHIC "Prototype" Quality Use Case, 2007
• PDF format Final Report of Proceedings for the AHRQ Conference on Healthcare Data Collection and Reporting (PDF only, 2.28 MB)
• Framework for Planning of Future Workgroup Activities
• Framework for Planning of Future Workgroup Activities

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Wednesday, February 07, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

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General Materials:
• Agenda
• Draft Recommendation Letter for AHIC
• Draft Recommendation Slides
•  Vision Summary
• Vision Executive Summary

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Tuesday, January 09, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

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General Materials:
• Agenda
• Draft Recommendation Letter for AHIC
• Draft Visioning Matrix
• PDF format Overview of Public-Private Measure Automation Efforts (.PDF only, 62 KB)
• Quality Workgroup Slides

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 2:00 p.m. ET

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MS Word Agenda (Word only)
MS PowerPoint Quality Workgroup Slides (PPT only)
MS PowerPoint H.I.E. Presentation (PPT only)
MS Word Draft Visioning Matrix (Word only)
MS Word Draft Recommendation Letter for AHIC (Word only)

Meeting Transcript
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Meeting Summary
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Wednesday, November 1, 2006, 1:00 p.m. ET

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General Materials:
MS Word Agenda (Word only)
MS PowerPoint Data Stewardship Presentation, George Isham (PPT only)
MS Word Characteristics of AQA's National Health Data Stewardship Entity, George Isham (Word only)
MS Word Mission and scope of AQA's National Health Data Stewardship Entity, George Isham (Word only)
MS PowerPoint Data Aggregation Presentation, Marc Overhage (PPT only)
MS PowerPoint VHA Performance Measurement Presentation, Lynnette Nilan (PPT only)
MS Word Joint Commission National Performance Measurement Data Strategy Principles - Draft, Van Amringe (Word only)
MS Word QWG Visioning Matrix - draft (Word only)

Meeting Transcript
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Meeting Summary
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006, 2:00 p.m. EDT

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Meeting Agenda:
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Summary of Quality Measurement Automation Project, Booz Allen Hamilton:
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Data Mapping Exercise Chart -- Thomson MedStat
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Clinical Reporting System Fact Sheet, IHS:
PDF .PDF format only

Performance Measure List and Definitions, IHS
PDF .PDF format only

Presentations:
MS PowerPoint Quality, Bridges To Excellence, Francois de Brantes (.PPT only)
MS PowerPoint Quality Measurement -- Phyllis Torda, NCQA (.PPT only)
MS PowerPoint Quality Reporting with EHRs --Kristine Martin Anderson, Booz Allen Hamilton (.PPT only)
MS PowerPoint Measuring Quality with EHRs -- Theresa Cullen, IHS (.PPT only)
MS PowerPoint Critical Next Steps for Automating Quality Reporting -- Floyd Eisenberg, Siemens (.PPT only)
MS PowerPoint Sources of Data for Quality Measures -- Louis Diamond, Thomson MedStat (.PPT only)

Meeting Transcript
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Meeting Summary
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Friday, September 22, 2006, 1:00 p.m. EDT

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Meeting Agenda:
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FACA Guidelines:
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Workgroup Charges:
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Presentations on the Current State of Ambulatory and Inpatient Measure Reporting:
MS PowerPoint Margaret O'Kane (.PPT only)
MS PowerPoint Nancy Foster (.PPT only)
MS PowerPoint J. Mark Overhage (.PPT only)
MS PowerPoint Alisa Ray (.PPT only)

Meeting Transcript
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Meeting Summary
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