US Quality Measures

The following final measures are available for downloading.

Please note: Nine of the measures below have been included in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) for 2008; the nine are marked with §. (For more information, visit the CMS Web site.)

Structural Measures

Measure	Technical Specifications	Data Collection Tools	Release Notes	Participants
Adoption of Medication e-Prescribing* §	Download File	Download File	Download File	Download File
Adoption of Health Information Technology* §	Download File	Download File	Download File	Download File
The Ability for Providers with HIT to Receive Laboratory Data Electronically Directly into their System as Discrete Searchable Data Elements*	Download File	Download File	Download File	Download File
The Ability to use Health Information Technology to Perform Care Management*	Download File	Download File	Download File	Download File
Tracking of Lab Test Results and Referrals	Download File	Download File	Download File	Download File

Process Measures

Measure	Technical Specifications	Data Collection Tools	Release Notes	Participants
Pain Assessment Prior to Initiation of Patient Therapy* §	Download File	Download File	Download File	Download File
Patient Co-development of Treatment Plan/Plan of Care* §	Download File	Download File	Download File	Download File
Screening for Clinical Depression* §	Download File	Download File	Download File	Download File
Screening for Cognitive Impairment §	Download File	Download File	Download File	Download File
Universal Documentation and Written Acknowledgement of Current Medications in the Medical Record* §	Download File	Download File	Download File	Download File
Universal Influenza Vaccine Screening and Counseling §	Download File	Download File	Download File	Download File
Universal Weight Screening and Follow-up* §	Download File	Download File	Download File	Download File

*Measures are moving forward for review by the NQF (National Quality Forum).