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NHSN digital Quality Measure (dQM) Resource Center
The dQM Resource Center is for a wide audience of hospital staff who implement NHSN digital quality measures. Each page includes resources for both clinical and IT implementers that will help establish and maintain accurate reporting to NHSN’s dQMs.
NHSN dQM Specifications
| Title | Module | CBE ID* | Download Specifications | Component |
| Severe Hypoglycemia | Glycemic Control | 3503e | ZIP file [ZIP – 664 KB] | Medication Safety |
| Hospital Onset Bacteremia | Bacteremia and Fungemia Surveillance | 3686 | ZIP file [ZIP – 3 MB] | Patient Safety |
| Healthcare-associated, antibiotic treated C. difficile Infection | C. difficile Surveillance | 3688 | Coming soon. | Patient Safety |
| Adult Community-Onset (CO) Sepsis Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR) | Sepsis Surveillance | TBD | Coming soon | Patient Safety |
NHSN dQM Implementation Support
| Title | Description |
| Requested FHIR APIs [PDF – 255 KB] | These are the FHIR APIs requested for reporting digital quality measures (dQMs) to NHSN. |
| NHSN FHIR IGs | These are the FHIR Implementation Guides to support reporting dQMs to NHSN via NHSNLink. |
| NHSN FHIR dQM Readiness Guide | This is a guide for engaging facility stakeholders on reporting dQMs to NHSN. |
| NHSN Terminology Resources | This is a list of value sets used with NHSN dQMs. The dQM value sets specify terminology codes such as ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, SNOMED CT, required for reporting dQMs to NHSN. |
