HIT News Brief

Crosswalk of Quality Measures Between AF4Q 3.0 Conditions/Procedures and the Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology

By: Health Information Technology Resource Center
Publisher: Health Information Technology Resource Center
Published: 11/1/2010

This HIT News Brief focuses on the components of the CMS "meaningful use" (MU) rule that relate directly to Aligning Forces for Quality. In it, a crosswalk is provided that maps AF4Q 3.0 conditions/procedures with the NQF/PQRI measures that eligible providers and hospitals will use to demonstrate MU via reporting on various clinical quality measures.

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