Hidden Dangers in Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs)

Electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) submission should be easy, right? Maybe not. While it’s true that all EHRs are required to be certified to submit the proper data files, problems may arise with the data.

Inaccurate or incomplete submissions can have a monumental effect on quality scores and reimbursement when margins are already paper thin. And for hospitals or organizations with multiple EHRs, the problem compounds exponentially. In some cases, it may be impossible to predict whether the transmission will be successful or accurate.