Editor's Note
The Joint Commission on September 7 released its 2017 ORYX Performance Measurement Reporting Requirements for accredited hospitals.
Hospitals will report on 5 chart-abstracted measures and a choice of 6 of 13 electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs).
Critical access and small hospitals may choose the six eCQMs from 13 of 15 eCQMs in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program.
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