The HIV/AIDS Bureau reviewed previous versions of the Performance Measures and revised the text and references. Key updates include the following:
- Updated references to National Quality Measures for the following measures:
- Influenza Immunization
- Tuberculosis Screening
- Added comparison data references to Healthy People 2030 for the Influenza Immunization measure and the HIV Quality Measures (HIVQM) Module
- Updated links to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Updated HHS Clinical Practice Guidelines language for all measures
- Updated measure details as follows:
- HIV Drug Resistance Testing Before Initiation of Therapy (used acronym in description, numerator, denominator, and patient exclusions)
- Lipid Screening (used acronym in description, numerator, denominator, and data elements)
- Tuberculosis Screening (used acronym in numerator and patient exclusions)
- Included reference to Healthy People 2030 within the "Use in Other Federal Programs" section for the Influenza Immunization measure
- Updated the HRSA contact email address in the Accessibility section
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