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Pages 91-93

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... Refers to both institutional providers of health care services (e.g., health plans, health maintenance organizations tHMOs] , hospitals, nursing homes)
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... Clinical quality measures generally consist of a descriptive statement or indicator (e.g., the rate of beta blocker usage after heart attack, the 30-day mortality rate following coronary artery bypass graft surgery) , a list of data elements that are necessary to construct and/or report the measure, detailed specifications that direct how the data elements are to be collected (including the source of data)
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... S Department of Health and Human Services DICOM Digital Unaging and Communications in Medicine FFS fee-for-service FPL federal poverty level FQHC Federally-Qualified Health Center HI:PAA Health Insurance and Portability Act of 1996 HL7 Health Level 7 HMO health maintenance organization HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration ICT information and communications technology IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers INPC Indiana Network for Patient Care TOM Institute of Medicine ISDI Integrated Service Development Initiative NCPDP National Council for Prescription Drug Programs NEHEN New England Healthcare ED:[ [electronic data interchange]
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