Chair: Juliet K. Rubini 

Scribe:  Yan Heras

See Meeting Access for Zoom instructions (expect a waiting room when joining)

Minutes from last meetings: 2021-07-23 Meeting Minutes


Agenda Topics 


Agenda Outline

Agenda Item

1Announcements 
  • Reminder to vote in the CQI co-chair election (July 1 through July 30) - information sent out via email from Election Runner
  • ONC US@ Address format project seeing comments until July 31st - Project US@
  • September Ballot consensus group sign up is now open
  • September connectathon page: 2021 - 09 Connectathon 28
  • January 2022 HL7 WGM and Connectathon will be Virtual
  • OMOP  The Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership - https://www.ohdsi.org/data-standardization/
2New project review
  • PSS-1814 POLST Portable Medical Orders CDA IG - response to our questions reviewed last week
  • PSS-1824 - Getting issue details... STATUS  
3

Clinical Reasoning FHIR Resources (owned by CQI)

  • Measure
  • MeasureReport 

CQI open items tracker filter (FHIR Core/CQI WG/triaged)

No open items as of 7/30 at 12:30 pm ET

4Quality Measure Implementation Guide (IG) May Ballot Reconciliation

Ballot version: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/cqfmeasures/2021May/

FHIR-32047 - Getting issue details... STATUS

FHIR-31921 - Getting issue details... STATUS

FHIR-32969 - Getting issue details... STATUS

FHIR-32686 - Getting issue details... STATUS

FHIR-32671 - Getting issue details... STATUS

FHIR-32668 - Getting issue details... STATUS

FHIR-33016

FHIR-32808

FHIR-32688

FHIR-32687

5Da Vinci Risk Adjustment

Status update https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/davinci-ra/

Discussion: seeking input on operation

6QI-Core

Status update:

  • Current path is to process an Update based on US Core errata (3.1.1) and QDM 5.6, then wait until US Core 3.2.0 ballot reconciliation is complete to ballot a new version of QI-Core in January 2022. 
  • Current build (preparing for Update): http://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-qi-core/
  • Requirement for PresentOnAdmission value set status - UTG Proposal (Paul Denning, Marc Duteau)  (FHIR-32378 was resolved on 7/16)
7Report Out 

CMS HL7 Connectathon - Quality Measures Track (Bryn) and Quality Reporting (Yan)

Digital Quality Summit - deferred until 8/6 (Ben)

8DEQM IG/ DEQM IG Gaps in Care

STU 3 published http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-deqm/STU3/

9QRDA III N1 2021

ANSI status update

10QRDA I STU 5.3Status update: Has started the development process for the QRDA I STU 5.3 (STU update) to support QDM 5.6 changes
11

Measure Terminology Service

  • Waiting for update from Bryn (August 2021 ish)
  • Measure Terminology Service
    • Specifically approach to including inactive codes from an authoring perspective
    • Quality Program Release (Binding Parameters Specification)

  • FHIR-32642 - Add manifest, expansion, and include Draft parameters to the $expandOther associated FHIR tickets

  • Measure Terminology Service:  (agenda item scheduled during May WGM, see Mon 5/24 Q3 minutes)
  • Vocabulary joined CQI on 6/23 during the Project Subgroup call (meeting minutes)
12Project Updates

Review of current projects - found on home page here.

CQL 

US CORE

Reminder:

  1. CQI FHIR Quality Measure Project Subgroup calls: 
  2. Da Vinci DEQM and Gaps in Care project calls: 
  3. Da Vinci Risk Adjustment Use Case project calls  
See Meeting Access  to join the calls
13Balloting timeline

Balloting schedule (confirm on HL7 Calendars):

Approvals for September 2021, January 2022, May 2022 Ballot Cycles:

Dates for Future Ballots and Activities
September 2021 Ballot Cycle
May 16, 2021 - June 15, 2021
Co-chair election nominations open
June 4, 2021
Deadline for requesting rooms for September WGM
June 11, 2021
Deadline for posting WGM minutes
July 1, 2021 - July 30, 2021
HL7 leadership and co-chair elections open
July 4, 2021
NIB deadline for September 2021 ballot
July 12, 2021 - August 12, 2021
Ballot consensus group sign up period
July 15, 2021
2021SEP FHIR Connectathon Proposals Due
July 23, 2021 - August 1, 2021
Ballot content QA review by WG (WG review and final approval)
August 2, 2021 - August 6, 2021
FHIR Ballot QA change application
August 10, 2021 - August 11, 2021
September Ballot Readiness Sign-off
August 22, 2021
TSC Approval Deadline for new PSS projects for January 2022 ballot
August 24, 2021
2022JAN Missed PSS Deadline appeal deadline 2:00 PM Eastern
August 13, 2021 - September 13, 2021
September ballot comment period
September 9, 2021
FHIR Publication Core substantive freeze
September 20, 2021 - September 24, 2021
September WGM
September 24, 2021
2022JAN FHIR Resource Proposals Due (WGM prior to ballot cycle)
July 16, 2021
2021SEP FHIR Ballot Core substantive freeze
August 13 - September 13, 2021
Ballot voting for September ballot
January 2022 Ballot Cycle
June 11, 2021
Submit Work Group Approved PSS to the PMO
Failure to meet this deadline results in the need for the Project Facilitator to submit an appeal to the TSC.  To submit an appeal, email tscpm@HL7.org; include the PSS and a detailed rationale why your project must be included in the ballot cycle despite missing the deadline.
August 13, 2021
TSC Approval of the PSS
October 31, 2021
NIB Deadline (6 weeks prior to ballot opening)
May 2022 Ballot Cycle
October 8, 2021
Submit Work Group Approved PSS to the PMO
Failure to meet this deadline results in the need for the Project Facilitator to submit an appeal to the TSC. To submit an appeal, email tscpm@HL7.org; include the PSS and a detailed rationale why your project must be included in the ballot cycle despite missing the deadline.
December 18, 2021
TSC Approval of the PSS
TBD
NIB Deadline (6 weeks prior to ballot opening)
September 2022 Ballot Cycle
February 4, 2022
February 4, 2022 - Submit Work Group Approved PSS to the PMO
Failure to meet this deadline results in the need for the Project Facilitator to submit an appeal to the TSC. To submit an appeal, email tscpm@HL7.org; include the PSS and a detailed rationale why your project must be included in the ballot cycle despite missing the deadline.
TBD
TSC Approval of the PSS
TBD
NIB Deadline (6 weeks prior to ballot opening)