NHSN digital Quality Measure (dQM) Resource Center

NHSN dQM Specifications

Title	Module	CBE ID*	Download Specifications	Component
Severe Hypoglycemia	Glycemic Control	3503e	ZIP file	Medication Safety
Hospital Onset Bacteremia	Bacteremia and Fungemia Surveillance	3686	Coming soon.	Patient Safety
Healthcare-associated, antibiotic treated C. difficile Infection	C. difficile Surveillance	3688	Coming soon.	Patient Safety
Adult Community-Onset (CO) Sepsis Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR)	Sepsis Surveillance	TBD	Coming soon	Patient Safety

NHSN dQM Implementation Support

Title	Description
Requested FHIR APIs [PDF – 255 KB]	These are the FHIR APIs requested for reporting digital quality measures (dQMs) to NHSN.
NHSN FHIR IGs	These are the FHIR Implementation Guides to support reporting dQMs to NHSN via NHSNLink.
NHSN FHIR dQM Readiness Guide	This is a guide for engaging facility stakeholders on reporting dQMs to NHSN.
NHSN Terminology Resources	This is a list of value sets used with NHSN dQMs. The dQM value sets specify terminology codes such as ICD-10-CM/PCS, CPT, SNOMED CT, required for reporting dQMs to NHSN.