Cooking with CQL Q&A Index Using Quality Data Model Category

Category	Question	Session # and Date
Using Quality Data Model (QDM)	In QDM 5.5, we have reduced ability to talk about entity types and these are attributes that are patients, persons, or practitioners. In the examples we"ve used to illustrate these is using the "is" operator in CQL by saying participant is an organization. However, there is an issue with Bonnie that it doesn"t support the "is" operator, but it does support the "as" operator. How do we work around this issue?	40 - 12.5.19
Using Quality Data Model (QDM)	QDMs are not really used for interoperability like FHIR is, it defines the type of metadata that we call attributes. Is it true that EHRs have been implemented to be able to export the full QDM set of attributes every time you ask for something? That"s the ideal.	35 - 5.23.19
Using Quality Data Model (QDM)	Does the new Related Person QDM datatype allow an eCQM specification to reference information about a related person that is already present in the patient"s record? As an example, instead of a direct context query, maternal information may be shared in a C-CDA and incorporated into an infant"s record.	33 - 3.28.19
Using Quality Data Model (QDM)	Is the type of coverage, e.g., commercial, Medicare, Medicaid considered in the QDM participation logic?	32 - 2.28.19
Using Quality Data Model (QDM)	Is it accurate that if the glucocorticoid dosage expression was used for dispensed to ordered, results would be different because all the attributes are not available?	31 - 1.31.19