CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Digital Quality Measures (dQM) Content Package IG
1.0.0 - Release 1

CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Digital Quality Measures (dQM) Content Package IG - Downloaded Version 1.0.0 See the Directory of published versions

## NHSN Measures Home

Official URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/fhirportal/dqm/ig/ImplementationGuide/gov.cdc.nhsn.dqm | Version: 1.0.0
IG Standards status: Trial-use | Maturity Level: 1 | Computable Name: NHSNMeasures

### Overview

The content of The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Digital Quality Measures (dQMs) Content Package implementation guide (IG) defines the standards for reporting the initial population and supplemental data elements needed for calculating metrics for the CDC NHSN dQMs Content Package. This IG does not define how to calculate a specific NHSN dQM or event of interest.

### Purpose

These specifications define the data content requirements for submissions for the CDC NHSN dQMs Content Package to NHSN through NHSNLink.

### Relationships to Other Standards

This IG has the following dependencies:

1. HL7 FHIR Release 4
2. US Core 3.1.1
3. QI Core 4.1.1
4. Quality Measure IG 3.0.0
5. Clinical Quality Framework Common FHIR Assets 4.0.1
6. Data Exchange for Quality Measures (DEQM) 3.1.0

### Audience

The audience for this work is all developers who want to enable their software systems to report surveillance data to the NHSN via FHIR dQMs.

### Acknowledgements

Lantana Consulting Group produced and developed the content in this IG under contract to the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) in the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Role | Name | Organization | Email Address
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Primary Editor | Rick Geimer | Lantana Consulting Group | rick.geimer@lantanagroup.com
Primary Editor | Corey Spears | Lantana Consulting Group | corey.spears@lantanagroup.com
Primary Editor | Aaron Nusstein | Lantana Consulting Group | aaron.nusstein@lantanagroup.com
Co-Editor | Andrea Benin | CDC | aqb4@cdc.gov
Co-Editor | Kristina Betz | CDC | rly7@cdc.gov
Co-Editor | Amrit Kerr | Lantana Consulting Group | amrit.kerr@lantanagroup.com
Co-Editor | Sheila Abner | CDC | sha8@cdc.gov
Co-Editor | Nadine Shehab | Lantana Consulting Group | ftn0@cdc.gov
Co-Editor | Jennifer Watkins | CACI | nub7@cdc.gov
Co-Editor | Raymond Dantes | CDC | vic5@cdc.gov
Co-Editor | David deRoode | Lantana Consulting Group | david.deroode@lantanagroup.com
Co-Editor | Zabrina Gonzaga | Lantana Consulting Group | zabrina.gonzaga@lantanagroup.com
Co-Editor | Sean McIlvenna | Lantana Consulting Group | sean.mcilvenna@lantanagroup.com
Co-Editor | Lynn Perrine | Lantana Consulting Group | lynn.perrine@lantanagroup.com
Co-Editor | Kim Figueroa | Lantana Consulting Group | kim.figueroa@lantanagroup.com
Co-Editor | Mary-Margaret Richter | Lantana Consulting Group | mm.richter@lantanagroup.com
Co-Editor | Shanai Thornton | Lantana Consulting Group | shanai.thornton@lantanagroup.com