Specifications Manual for National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures. Certified programs must use the . current. version of the manual which is updated twice yearly. Future versions of the manual are posted six months prior to the effective date. Revisions called "Release Notes" show all the changes made to a particular version. the specifications behind the newly identified core measures. The Webinar will highlight major changes to the Specifications Manual for National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures-Hospital-Based Inpatient Psychiatric Services Core Measure Set as well as other modifications that were made including improvements to data element definitions, The tobacco treatment measures have been added to the Specifications Manual for National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures Version 4.0 and are designated as collected for Joint Commission only, CMS Information Only. The measures can be accessed at the following link: NATIONAL HOSPITAL INPATIENT QUALITY MEASURES . SEP Measure Set Table Set Measure ID # Measure Short Name SEP-1 . Early Management Bundle, Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock . Specifications Manual for National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measures Discharges 01-01-17 (1Q17) through 12-31-17 (4Q17) SEP-1 Specifications manual, version 5.0 for National Hospital Inpatient. Specifications Manual for National Hospital Independent Quality. Measures (CMS EHR adoption by PCPs will be included as a quality measure in the Care. To withdraw from participation in the Hospital OQR Program initiative, please visit The current measure sets and OP measure Future Specification Manual for National Hospital Quality Measures; (01 October 2011) Version 2011A . Original release - version 2011A (01 December 2010) Version 2010B . problems regarding Performance Measurement Network? condition of usage: 1) disclosure that the Specifications Manual for Hospital Outpatient Department Quality Measures is periodically updated, and that the version being copied or r