# Title - Clinical Quality Language Specification v2.0.0-ballot

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**Clinical Quality Language (CQL)**

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**HL7 Standard: Clinical Quality Language Specification, Release 2 Trial-Use (CQL 2.0.0-ballot)**

**August 2025 Publication**

**HL7 Trial-Use Specification**

**Sponsored by:**

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**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 2 - STU Ballot (CQL 2.0.0-ballot)

**Realm:** Universal

**Ballot Level:** Trial-Use

**Ballot Cycle:** September 2025

**Specification Date:** August 1st 2025

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| Co-Chair (CDS): | Guilherme Del Fiol, MD, PhDUniversity of Utah Health Careguilherme.delfiol@utah.edu |
| Co-Chair (CDS): | Robert Jenders, MD, MSjenders@ucla.edu |
| Co-Chair (CDS): | Kensaku Kawamoto, MD, PhDUniversity of Utah Health Carekensaku.kawamoto@utah.edu |
| Co-Chair (CDS): | Howard StrasbergWalters Kluwer Healthhoward.strasberg@wolterskluwer.com |
| Co-Chair (CQI): | Patricia CraigThe Joint Commissionpcraig@jointcommission.org |
| Co-Chair (CQI): | Floyd EisenbergiParsimony LLCFEisenberg@iParsimony.com |
| Co-Chair (CQI): | Chris Milletchris@thelazycompany.com |
| Co-Chair (CQI): | Walter Suarez, MD, MPHKaiser Permanentewalter.q.suarez@kp.org |
| Co-Chair (CQI): | Kanwarpreet SethiLantana Consulting Groupkp.sethi@lantanagroup.com |
| Co-Chair (ITS): | Paul KnappKnapp Consulting Inc.pknapp@pknapp.com |
| Co-Chair (ITS): | Dale NelsonLantana Consulting Groupdale.nelson@squaretrends.com |
| Co-Chair (ITS): | Andy StechishinHL7 Canadaandy.stechishin@gmail.com |
| Co-Author: | Bryn RhodesDatabase Consulting Groupbryn@databaseconsultinggroup.com |
| Co-Author: | Chris MoeselThe MITRE Corporationcmoesel@mitre.org |
| Co-Author: | Marc HadleyThe MITRE Corporationmhadley@mitre.org |
| Co-Author: | Mark KramerThe MITRE Corporationmkramer@mitre.org |
| Co-Author: | Robert DingwellThe MITRE Corporationbobd@mitre.org |
| Co-Editor: | Aziz Boxwala, PhDMeliorixaziz.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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