CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Digital Quality Measures (dQM) Content Package IG
1.0.0 - Release 1 United States of America flag

This page is part of the CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Digital Quality Measures (dQM) Content Package IG (v1.0.0: Release) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

NHSN Implementation Guide Resource

Page standards status: Informative

Official URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/fhirportal/dqm/ig/ImplementationGuide/gov.cdc.nhsn.measures Version: 1.0.0
NPM package name: gov.cdc.nhsn.measures ComputableName: NHSNMeasures
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CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Digital Quality Measures (dQM)

Cross Version Analysis

This is an R4 IG. None of the features it uses are changed in R4B, so it can be used as is with R4B} systems. Packages for both R4 (gov.cdc.nhsn.measures.r4) and R4B (gov.cdc.nhsn.measures.r4b) are available.

IG Dependencies

This IG Contains the following dependencies on other IGs.

IGPackageFHIRComment
.. CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Digital Quality Measures (dQM) Content Package IGgov.cdc.nhsn.measures#1.0.0R4
... HL7 Terminology (THO)hl7.terminology.r4#6.5.0R4Automatically added as a dependency - all IGs depend on HL7 Terminology
.... FHIR Extensions Packhl7.fhir.uv.extensions.r4#5.2.0R4
... US Corehl7.fhir.us.core#3.1.1R4
... Clinical Quality Framework Common FHIR Assetsfhir.cqf.common#4.0.1R4
.... Clinical Practice Guidelineshl7.fhir.uv.cpg#1.0.0R4
.... QI-Core Implementation Guidehl7.fhir.us.qicore#4.1.1R4
..... VSACus.nlm.vsac#0.4.0R4
... Data Exchange For Quality Measures Implementation Guidehl7.fhir.us.davinci-deqm#3.1.0R4
.... HL7 Terminology (THO)hl7.terminology.r4#5.0.0R4
... FHIR Tooling Extensions IGhl7.fhir.uv.tools.r4#0.8.0R4for example references

Package hl7.fhir.uv.extensions.r4#5.2.0

This IG defines the global extensions - the ones defined for everyone. These extensions are always in scope wherever FHIR is being used (built Mon, Feb 10, 2025 21:45+1100+11:00)

Package hl7.fhir.uv.cpg#1.0.0

Implementation guidance for creating Clinical Practice Guidelines with formal artifacts to facilitate sharing and implementation of the guideline (built Thu, Feb 11, 2021 20:29+0000+00:00)

Package fhir.cqf.common#4.0.1

This implementation guide contains common FHIR assets for use in CQFramework content IGs, including FHIRHelpers and the FHIR-ModelInfo libraries. (built Fri, Nov 12, 2021 16:25+1100+11:00)

Package hl7.fhir.us.qicore#4.1.1

The QICore Implementation Guide defines a set of FHIR profiles with extensions and bindings needed to create interoperable, quality-focused applications. The profiles in this implementation guide derive from and extend the US Core profiles to provide a common foundation for building, sharing, and evaluating knowledge artifacts across quality improvement efforts in the US Realm. (built Thu, Mar 31, 2022 16:41+0000+00:00)

Package hl7.fhir.us.cqfmeasures#3.0.0

The Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR) Quality Measure Implementation Guide (this IG) describes an approach to representing electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) using the FHIR Clinical Reasoning Module and Clinical Quality Language (CQL) in the US Realm. However, this Implementation Guide can be usable for multiple use cases across domains, and much of the content is likely to be usable outside the US Realm. (built Thu, Apr 28, 2022 14:46+0000+00:00)

Package hl7.fhir.uv.tools.r4#0.8.0

This IG defines the extensions that the tools use internally. Some of these extensions are content that are being evaluated for elevation into the main spec, and others are tooling concerns (built Tue, Aug 5, 2025 20:09+1000+10:00)

Global Profiles

There are no Global profiles defined

Copyrights

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