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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/CDS_Connect_2024_Final_Report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Experienced authors may also import externally authored CQL, specify
run-time parameters, and test their … accomplishments include:
• Adding a step-by-step tutorial to introduce the Authoring Tool to new authors … increasing CQL capabilities
• Utilizing updated VSAC FHIR Application Programming Interface to provide authors … Software guidance
• Introducing artifact metadata fields to encourage CDS developers and artifact authors … to promote the platform’s capabilities
• Developing methods and mechanisms for providing artifact authors
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/Sharing_Lessons_Learned_With_CDSConnect_TEMPLATE.pdf
August 01, 2020 - TOPICAL SERIES
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508 Guidance: Quick Tips for Authors … 508 Guidance: Quick Tips for Authors … – Clinicians, vendors, authors, patients, quality improvement analysts, etc.
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/1176/CDS%20Connect%20Work%20Group%20May%202020%20Meeting%20Summary.pdf
May 21, 2020 - Artifact is reviewed and updated, and in turn, what level of effort might be expected of
repository Authors … and update process requires inserting language in the terms and conditions to set expectations for
Authors … Reviewers were
independent of authors and received no compensation. … o WG member suggested that it is not enough for Authors to evaluate current guidelines when
evaluating … Authors should re-run published search
strategies to see how many new articles may have come out in
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/AHRQ_Final_Report_2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - 2
This year’s Repository efforts included:
• Published a Repository User Guide for artifact authors … the Authoring Tool’s integration with the National
Library of Medicine’s Value Set Authoring Center, authors … Experienced authors may also import externally authored CQL, specify run-time
parameters, and test their … This year’s Authoring Tool accomplishments included:
• Added a feature allowing authors to preview … • Introduce artifact metadata fields to encourage CDS developer and artifact authors to reflect on
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/33746/CDS_Connect_WG_Summary_September_2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - AHRQ commented that it would make the most sense to only show the
completeness score to authors and … the underlying content management infrastructure, few (if any)
changes will be visible to artifact authors … Now, the Authoring Tool
allows authors to use some external CQL functions as custom modifiers. … Authors can also directly
invoke any external CQL functions for which the argument types are supported … Data that authors enter in these fields will be exported as part of the CPG library definition
when
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/1191/CDS%20Connect%20Work%20Group%20June%202020%20Meeting%20Summary.pdf
June 18, 2020 - Current implementation includes 1) AT now guides authors towards using the full
CPG on FHIR® versioning … Under development features
demonstrated how authors would be able to specify CPG on FHIR® metadata, … on FHIR® metadata in AT could be used by a CDS Connect Repository entry, and vice versa,
saving the authors
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/AHRQ_Final_Report_2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - The opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not reflect
the official position … o Impact: Queries are one of the most
important and powerful features
of CQL; allowing authors more … These fields allow authors to choose
from example values provided by the FHIR
specification or to … Authors combine multiple criteria in
groups to build more complex logical
criteria. … Authors can
invoke functions directly by supplying values
for required arguments or they can invoke
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/AHRQ_Final_Report_2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - The opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not reflect the official
position … The CQL Testing Framework
allows CQL authors to develop and run test cases for validating CQL-based … In addition to improving parameter expression phrases, the AT now
prevents authors from deleting or … Base elements
enhance the AT’s reusability, allowing authors to define an element once and reference … Authors may also want to leverage existing CQL libraries developed
by other authors or organizations
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/1116/AHRQ%20-%202020%20January%20CDS%20Connect%20Workgroup%20slides-508.pdf
November 07, 2018 - artifacts
should be described.
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CDS Connect: Repository
• The CDS Connect Repository allows CDS authors … Repository metadata
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CDS Connect: Authoring Tool
• The CDS Connect Authoring Tool allows CDS authors … CDS
► Can be embedded within a FHIR Library resource
• The modus operandi of CDS Connect is for CDS authors … uploaded back to the Repository as attachments on the L2 CDS
• Making these alignments would allow CDS authors
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/AHRQ_Final_Report_2020.pdf
January 01, 2020 - The
opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not reflect the official
position … As shown in Figure 5, authors can now download their artifacts using FHIR R4. … An Uploaded External CQL Library Using FHIR R4
The CDS Authoring Tool also allows authors to upload … Since FHIR does not require data to declare its version of FHIR, authors must now
indicate to which … Authors can now specify metadata defined in CPG-on-FHIR’s
CPGPublishableLibrary profile.
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/136331/Benzodiazepine%20Patient%20Handout.pdf
January 01, 2018 - Can Fam Physician 2018;64:339-51 (Eng), e209-24 (Fr)
© Use freely, with credit to the authors.
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/1176/CDS%20Connect%20Work%20Group%20May%202020%20Meeting%20Slides.pdf
May 01, 2020 - ► Alerts to CDS Authors
− Six months, one month, and the day the status changes? … whether primary evidence-based source is updated since last
‘Reviewed’
− If not, consult guideline authors
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/26/2024_CDS_Connect_IG_Aspirin_Therapy.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The
opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not reflect the official position … The CQL Testing Framework allows CQL authors to develop and run test cases
for validating CQL-based … These current functionalities support both value set users and authors to:
1. … Perform and/or view review and maintenance (for value set users, authors, and stewards)
3. … Determine value set’s usage (for authors and stewards)
4.
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/13461/CDS_Connect_WG_June_2021_Slides_0.pdf
January 01, 2021 - • Ability to test the rules
► Retrospectively
► Prospectively
• Simple to author
► Most authors are … integration
► Visual error indicators and content indicators on tabs in Workspace
► “Sticky” tabs so authors
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/27826/CDS_Connect_WG_Summary_July_2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Its authors incorporated medication-
prescribing information from the Focused Update, as well as the
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/AHRQ_Final_Report_2022.pdf
January 01, 2022 - The opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not reflect the
official position … 1.2.5 CDS Artifacts
• Developed and posted enhanced review and update guidance for all CDS Connect authors … following
enhancements:
• Making available a Repository User Guide for site visitors and artifact authors … Upon request, the team worked with CDS artifact authors to review and update their CDS
artifacts (i.e
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cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/workgroups/184656/CDS_Connect_WG_June_2022_Presentation.pdf
January 01, 2022 - support for additional
FHIR resource types
• Enhanced usability, applicability, and expressiveness for authors