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Clinical Quality Language (CQL)
HL7 Standard: Clinical Quality Language Specification, Release 1 Mixed Normative/Trial-Use (CQL 1.5)
December 2020 Publication
HL7 Mixed Normative/Trial-Use Specification
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 kp.sethi@lantanagroup.com |
Co-Chair (ITS): | Paul Knapp Knapp Consulting Inc. pknapp@pknapp.com |
Co-Chair (ITS): | Dale Nelson Lantana Consulting Group dale.nelson@squaretrends.com |
Co-Chair (ITS): | Andy Stechishin HL7 Canada andy.stechishin@gmail.com |
Co-Author: | Bryn Rhodes Database Consulting Group bryn@databaseconsultinggroup.com |
Co-Author: | Chris Moesel The MITRE Corporation cmoesel@mitre.org |
Co-Author: | Marc Hadley The MITRE Corporation mhadley@mitre.org |
Co-Author: | Mark Kramer The MITRE Corporation mkramer@mitre.org |
Co-Author: | Robert Dingwell The MITRE Corporation bobd@mitre.org |
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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