Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems (DEEDS) - [maintained by CDC]
Providers responsible for maintaining record systems in 24-hr, hospital-based emergency dept (ED), thru-out the US [participation is voluntary] {ER’s}
Essential Medical Data Set (EMEDs) - [maintained by NII-HIN]
Healthcare facilities that provide emergency services [participation is voluntary]
Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) - [maintained by NCQA]
Managed care organizations (MCOs) [participation is voluntary] {Managed Care}
Minimum Data Set (MDS) - [maintained by CMS]
Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) use to create resident assessment protocols. [participation is mandatory for LTCFs that participate in Medicare & Medicaid] {LTCF}
National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) - [maintained by ACoS]
Acute care facility (hospital) cancer registries [participation is required for cancer registries accredited by the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer ACoSCOC
Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) - [maintained by CMS]
Home health agencies, core set of comprehensive assessment for adult home care patients [participation is mandatory for HHAs that participate in Medicare & Medicaid] {HHC for Medicare}
The Joint Commission ORYX Iniative - [maintained by the JC]
Program developed by the JC that intergrates outcomes and other performance measurement data into the accreditation process {JCAHO)
Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set (UACDS) - [maintained by CMS]
Standard data set for ambulatory health records [participation is mandatory for ACFs that participate in Medicare & Medicaid] {Outpatient}
Uniform Clinical Data Set (UCDS) - [maintained by CMS]
CMS initiative that involves collection of approximately 1800 data elements that describe patient demographic characteristics, clinical history, clinical findings, and therapeutic intervention. Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) [participation is mandatory for hospitals that participate in Medicare & Medicaid]
Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) - [maintained by CMS]
Acute care facilities (hospitals), standard for collecting data for the medicare and medicaid programs. [participation is mandatory for hospitals that participate in Medicare & Medicaid] {Inpatient}
Data Dictionaries
Collection of descriptions of the data objects or items in a data model for the benefit of programmers and others who need to refer to them