Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. The
commission shall establish annually a five member editorial board selected from
the HIS advisory committee, including representatives of data providers and
consumers. A commission staff member shall be the nonvoting chair of the
editorial board. The editorial board shall plan, review and recommend to the
commission the report format, performance and survey measures, and educational
information to be included in consumer health information reports.
B. The editorial board's recommendations, and
any subsequent adoption of a consumer information report by the commission,
shall take into account the relevancy of the performance and survey measures to
the health status of New Mexico health care consumers and shall be guided by
the following criteria:
(1) Availability -
whether the performance or survey measure is or should be available from a
source readily accessible to the data provider or survey administrator, or
whether provision of the information can be achieved without extraordinary
effort by the data provider or survey administrator;
(2) Comparability - whether the performance
or survey measure allows for comparisons among data providers or categories of
data providers, or whether mechanisms are available to the commission to adjust
for variations in patient risk factors if comparability across data providers
is limited;
(3) Confidentiality -
whether patient confidential information can be protected;
(4) Cost - whether the overall cost to
compile or submit the performance or survey measure meets standards of
reasonableness as required by Sections
24-14A-3
D(14) and
24-14A-3.1D(3)
of the Health Information System Act, Section
24-14A-1
et seq. NMSA 1978;
(5)
Meaningfulness - whether the performance or survey measure meets minimum
standards of statistical reliability, validity, and accuracy and the
performance or survey measure's reliability, validity and accuracy can be
validated by an independent audit or verified by analysis of the component data
elements of the measure;
(6)
Rationale - whether the performance or survey measure has relevance to consumer
decision-making, or whether there is a consumer-based reason for including the
performance or survey measure;
(7)
Specifications - whether there is a standardized method to quantify the
performance or survey measure;
(8)
Standard - whether there is a desired level of performance that has gained
acceptance nationally or professionally for the performance or survey
measure.
