Clinical Quality Language Release 1

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Clinical Decision Support Work GroupMaturity Level: NStandards Status: Normative

Clinical Quality Language (CQL)

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HL7 Standard: Clinical Quality Language Specification, Release 1 Mixed Normative/Trial-Use (CQL 1.5)

December 2020 Publication

HL7 Mixed Normative/Trial-Use Specification

ansi approved

Formal Name:

HL7 Cross-Paradigm Specification: Clinical Quality Language, Release 1

ANSI Designation:

ANSI/HL7 CQLANG, R1-2020

Date of Approval:

2020-12-01

CQL is an ANSI Normative Standard. ANSI has certificated that the portions of this specification marked Normative have met its requirements for development of a formal standard.

Sponsored by:

Clinical Decision Support and Clinical Quality Information Work Groups

in collaboration with the Health and Human Services Standards and Interoperability Framework Clinical Quality Framework Initiative

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Identifying Information for Specification:

Specification Name and Release Number: HL7 Standard: Clinical Quality Language Specification, Release 1 (CQL 1.5)

Realm: Universal

Ballot Level: Normative

Ballot Cycle: May 2020

Specification Date: Dec 2020

Co-Chair (CDS):

Guilherme Del Fiol, MD, PhD
University of Utah Health Care
guilherme.delfiol@utah.edu

Co-Chair (CDS):

Robert Jenders, MD, MS
jenders@ucla.edu

Co-Chair (CDS):

Kensaku Kawamoto, MD, PhD
University of Utah Health Care
kensaku.kawamoto@utah.edu

Co-Chair (CDS):

Howard Strasberg
Walters Kluwer Health
howard.strasberg@wolterskluwer.com

Co-Chair (CQI):

Patricia Craig
The Joint Commission
pcraig@jointcommission.org

Co-Chair (CQI):

Floyd Eisenberg
iParsimony LLC
FEisenberg@iParsimony.com

Co-Chair (CQI):

Chris Millet
chris@thelazycompany.com

Co-Chair (CQI):

Walter Suarez, MD, MPH
Kaiser Permanente
walter.q.suarez@kp.org

Co-Chair (CQI):

Kanwarpreet Sethi

Lantana Consulting Group

Co-Chair (ITS):

Paul Knapp
Knapp Consulting Inc.
pknapp@pknapp.com

Co-Chair (ITS):

Dale Nelson

Lantana Consulting Group

Co-Chair (ITS):

Andy Stechishin
HL7 Canada

Co-Author:

Bryn Rhodes

Database Consulting Group

Co-Author:

Chris Moesel

The MITRE Corporation
cmoesel@mitre.org

Co-Author:

Marc Hadley

The MITRE Corporation

Co-Author:

Mark Kramer

The MITRE Corporation

Co-Author:

Robert Dingwell

The MITRE Corporation

Co-Editor:

Aziz Boxwala, PhD
Meliorix
aziz.boxwala@meliorix.com

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to recognize the S&I Framework Clinical Quality Framework Initiative Work Group and the HL7 Clinical Decision Support, Clinical Quality Improvement, and Implementable Technology Specifications Work Groups for their contributions to this document.

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