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California Health eQuality (CHeQ) Scorecard

The Office of the National Coordinator, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, requires states to report annually on nine specific performance measures. Only data as of December 2011 are available at this time. We report here the information California Health and Human Services Agency provided during Cal eConnect’s tenure.

ONC MEASURE	STATUS REPORTED BY STATE DURING CAL eCONNECT TENURE (December 2011)
Percent of pharmacies participating in e-prescribing	89.5%
Percent of labs sending electronic lab results to providers in a structured format	34%
Percent of labs sending electronic results to providers using LOINC	13%
Percent of hospitals sharing electronic care summaries with unaffiliated hospitals and providers	23.6%
Percent of ambulatory providers electronically sharing care summaries with other providers	43.5%
Public health agencies receiving ELR data produced by EHRs or other electronic sources. Data are received using HL7 2.5.1, LOINC and SNOMED.	2%
Immunization registries receiving electronic immunization data produced by EHRs. Data are received in HL7 2.3.1 or 2.5.1 formats using CVX code.	15%
Public health agencies receiving electronic syndromic surveillance hospital data produced by EHRs in HL& 2.3.1 or 2.5.1 formats (using CDC reference guide).	7%
Public health agencies receiving electronic syndromic surveillance ambulatory data produced by EHRs in HL7 2.3.1 or 2.5.1 formats.	7%