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Generated Narrative: StructureDefinition cqfm-improvementNotation

Name	Flags	Card.	Type	Description & Constraints
Extension		0..1	Extension	increase | decrease
url		1..1	uri	"http://hl7.org/fhir/us/cqfmeasures/StructureDefinition/cqfm-improvementNotation"
value[x]		0..1	CodeableConcept	Value of extension Binding: MeasureImprovementNotation (required): Indicates how to interpret the calculated score of the measure
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{
  "resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
  "id": "cqfm-improvementNotation",
  "text": {
    "status": "extensions",
    "div": "<!-- snip (see above) -->"
  },
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    {
      "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
      "valueCode": "cqi"
    }
  ],
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/cqfmeasures/StructureDefinition/cqfm-improvementNotation",
  "version": "4.0.0",
  "name": "CQFMImprovementNotation",
  "title": "CQFM Improvement Notation",
  "status": "active",
  "experimental": false,
  "date": "2025-08-26T16:28:46+00:00",
  "publisher": "HL7 International / Clinical Quality Information",
  "contact": [
    {
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        {
          "system": "url",
          "value": "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cqi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "Information on whether an increase or decrease in score is the preferred result (e.g., a higher score indicates better quality OR a lower score indicates better quality OR quality is within a range).\n\n**Additional Guidance: improvementNotation**\n\n`Reference range` with definition of score within a defined interval (or a “passing score” over or under a certain threshold) indicates better quality to the improvement notation value set. Please provide comments on this additional code and if there are other codes needed in this value set.\n\nPlease provide comments on this additional code and if there are other codes needed in the improvement notation value set.\n\nIf an additional code is added to the improvement notation (like normative reference range as suggested), where is guidance about the reference range best included in the specification for implementer use?  Some suggestions include: the guidance field, the rate aggregation field or adding an extension to improvementNotation to add text.",
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          "system": "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
          "code": "US"
        }
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    }
  ],
  "purpose": "**Purpose**\n\nMeasure consumers and implementers must be able to determine how to interpret a measure score.",
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    }
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        "comment": "There can be no stigma associated with the use of extensions by any application, project, or standard - regardless of the institution or jurisdiction that uses or defines the extensions.  The use of extensions is what allows the FHIR specification to retain a core level of simplicity for everyone.",
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}