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<Measure xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
<id value="SupportingEvidenceExample"/>
<language value="en"/>
<text>
<status value="extensions"/>
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<table class="narrative-table">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" scope="row" class="row-header">Knowledge Artifact Metadata</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" class="row-header">Name (machine-readable)</th>
<td class="content-container">SupportingEvidenceMeasure</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" class="row-header">Title (human-readable)</th>
<td class="content-container">Supporting Evidence Measure</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" class="row-header">Status</th>
<td class="content-container">Draft</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" class="row-header">Experimental</th>
<td class="content-container">true</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" class="row-header">Description</th>
<td class="content-container"><div><p>This is an example of a Maasure using Supporing Evidence</p>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" class="row-header">Measure Steward</th>
<td class="content-container">HL7 International / Clinical Quality Information</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" class="row-header">Steward Contact Details</th>
<td class="content-container"><a href="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cqi">http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cqi</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" scope="row" class="row-header">Measure Metadata</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" class="row-header">Version Number</th>
<td class="content-container">1.0.0-ballot</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" class="row-header">Measure Scoring</th>
<td class="content-container"><span title="Codes:{http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/measure-scoring ratio}">Ratio</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" scope="row" class="row-header">Measure Population Criteria (ID: group-1)</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" class="row-header">Initial Population</th>
<td class="content-container">
<em>ID</em>: initial-population
<br/>
<em>Description</em>: No description provided
<em>Logic Definition</em>: <a href="#supportingevidenceexample-initial-population-boolean">Initial Population Boolean</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" class="row-header">Denominator</th>
<td class="content-container">
<em>ID</em>: denominator
<br/>
<em>Description</em>: No description provided
<em>Logic Definition</em>: <a href="#supportingevidenceexample-denominator-boolean">Denominator Boolean</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" class="row-header">Denominator Exclusion</th>
<td class="content-container">
<em>ID</em>: denominator-exclusion
<br/>
<em>Description</em>: No description provided
<em>Logic Definition</em>: <a href="#supportingevidenceexample-denominator-exclusion-boolean">Denominator Exclusion Boolean</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" class="row-header">Numerator Exclusion</th>
<td class="content-container">
<em>ID</em>: numerator-exclusion
<br/>
<em>Description</em>: No description provided
<em>Logic Definition</em>: <a href="#supportingevidenceexample-numerator-exclusion-boolean">Numerator Exclusion Boolean</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" class="row-header">Numerator</th>
<td class="content-container">
<em>ID</em>: numerator
<br/>
<em>Description</em>: No description provided
<em>Logic Definition</em>: <a href="#supportingevidenceexample-numerator-boolean">Numerator Boolean</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" scope="row" class="row-header">Measure Logic</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" class="row-header">Primary Library</th>
<td class="content-container"><code>https://madie.cms.gov/Library/SupportingEvidenceExample</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" scope="row" class="row-header">Generated using version 0.4.6 of the sample-content-ig Liquid templates</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</text>
<url value="https://madie.cms.gov/Measure/SupportingEvidenceExample"/>
<version value="1.0.0-ballot"/>
<name value="SupportingEvidenceMeasure"/>
<title value="Supporting Evidence Measure"/>
<status value="draft"/>
<experimental value="true"/>
<date value="2026-03-23T23:41:55+00:00"/>
<publisher value="HL7 International / Clinical Quality Information"/>
<contact>
<telecom>
<system value="url"/>
<value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cqi"/>
</telecom>
</contact>
<description
value="This is an example of a Maasure using Supporing Evidence"/>
<jurisdiction>
<coding>
<system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
<code value="001"/>
<display value="World"/>
</coding>
</jurisdiction>
<library value="https://madie.cms.gov/Library/SupportingEvidenceExample"/>
<scoring>
<coding>
<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/measure-scoring"/>
<code value="ratio"/>
</coding>
</scoring>
<group id="group-1">
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/cqm/StructureDefinition/cqm-populationBasis">
<valueCode value="boolean"/>
</extension>
<population id="initial-population">
<code>
<coding>
<system
value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/measure-population"/>
<code value="initial-population"/>
<display value="Initial Population"/>
</coding>
</code>
<criteria>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="Initial Population Boolean"/>
</criteria>
</population>
<population id="denominator">
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="always-true"/>
<display value="Always True"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is always true"/>
<name value="AlwaysTrue"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="always true"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="denominator-resource"/>
<display value="Denominator Resource"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is a Denominator Resource"/>
<name value="DenominatorResource"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="Denominator Resource"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="list-of-boolean"/>
<display value="List of Boolean"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is a list of boolean"/>
<name value="ListOfBoolean"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="list of boolean"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="string"/>
<display value="String"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is a string"/>
<name value="String"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="string"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="date"/>
<display value="Date"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description value="Example of supporting evidence that is a date"/>
<name value="Date"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="date"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="decimal"/>
<display value="Decimal"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is a decimal"/>
<name value="Decimal"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="decimal"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="number"/>
<display value="Number"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is a number"/>
<name value="Number"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="number"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="list-of-dates"/>
<display value="List of Dates"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is a list of dates"/>
<name value="ListOfDates"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="list of dates"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="list-of-numbers"/>
<display value="List of Numbers"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is a list of numbers"/>
<name value="ListOfNumbers"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="list of numbers"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="list-of-string"/>
<display value="List of String"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is a list of string"/>
<name value="ListOfString"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="list of string"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="test-tuple"/>
<display value="Test Tuple"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is a tuple"/>
<name value="TestTuple"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="test tuple"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="interval"/>
<display value="Interval"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is an interval"/>
<name value="Interval"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="interval"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="test-interval-list"/>
<display value="Test Interval List"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is a list of intervals"/>
<name value="TestIntervalList"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="TestIntervalList"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="test-decimal-list"/>
<display value="Test Decimal List"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is a list of decimals"/>
<name value="TestDecimalList"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="TestDecimalList"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="test-code"/>
<display value="Test Code"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description value="Example of supporting evidence that is a code"/>
<name value="TestCode"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="test code"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="empty-list-example"/>
<display value="Empty List Example"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is an empty list"/>
<name value="EmptyListExample"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="EmptyListExample"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="null-example"/>
<display value="Null Example"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description value="Example of supporting evidence that is a null"/>
<name value="NullExample"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="NullExample"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="patient-resource"/>
<display value="Patient Resource"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is a Patient Resource"/>
<name value="PatientResource"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="PatientRes"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-supportingEvidenceDefinition">
<valueExpression>
<extension
url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-expressionCode">
<valueCoding>
<system
value="http://example.org/fhir/CodeSystem/example-supporting-evidence-codes"/>
<code value="list-test-tuple"/>
<display value="List Test Tuple"/>
</valueCoding>
</extension>
<description
value="Example of supporting evidence that is a list of tuples"/>
<name value="ListTestTuple"/>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="list test tuple"/>
</valueExpression>
</extension>
<code>
<coding>
<system
value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/measure-population"/>
<code value="denominator"/>
<display value="Denominator"/>
</coding>
</code>
<criteria>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="Denominator Boolean"/>
</criteria>
</population>
<population id="denominator-exclusion">
<code>
<coding>
<system
value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/measure-population"/>
<code value="denominator-exclusion"/>
<display value="Denominator Exclusion"/>
</coding>
</code>
<criteria>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="Denominator Exclusion Boolean"/>
</criteria>
</population>
<population id="numerator-exclusion">
<code>
<coding>
<system
value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/measure-population"/>
<code value="numerator-exclusion"/>
<display value="Numerator Exclusion"/>
</coding>
</code>
<criteria>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="Numerator Exclusion Boolean"/>
</criteria>
</population>
<population id="numerator">
<code>
<coding>
<system
value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/measure-population"/>
<code value="numerator"/>
<display value="Numerator"/>
</coding>
</code>
<criteria>
<language value="text/cql-identifier"/>
<expression value="Numerator Boolean"/>
</criteria>
</population>
</group>
</Measure>