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NLM VSAC Publishes Updated Electronic Clinical Quality Measure Value Sets for 2019 Reporting 05/07/2018 02:12 PM EDT On May 4, 2018, The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Value Set Authority Center (VSAC), in collaboration with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), published the eCQM annual update for the 2019 reporting period for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAH), and the 2019 performance period for Eligible Professionals and Eligible Clinicians. CMS updates the specifications annually to align with current clinical guidelines and code systems so they remain relevant and actionable within the clinical care setting. These updated eCQMs are fully specified and are to be used to electronically report 2019 clinical quality measure data for CMS quality reporting programs. Measures will not be eligible for 2019 reporting unless and until they are proposed and finalized through notice-and-comment rulemaking for each applicable program. May 16 webinar: Improved Standalone BLAST database and programs: now with taxonomic information 05/07/2018 12:37 PM EDT Next Wednesday, May 16, 2018, we'll show you how to download and use the latest standalone BLAST databases, dbv5. You'll learn how to use BLASTdbv5 and the new BLAST programs to limit searches to taxonomic groups and to retrieve sequences … Continue reading → "Facts and Inferences"—Digitizing Shadows from the Walls of Death Part 1 05/07/2018 11:00 AM EDT NLM has digitized and made publicly available for the first time, one of four known copies of Shadows from the Walls of Death: Facts and Continue reading NLM Welcomes Applications to Its Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine for 2019 05/07/2018 09:51 AM EDT In cooperation with the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, the NLM is pleased to announce its call for applications to the Fellowship for 2019.  NLM Announces 2018-2019 Associate Fellows 05/07/2018 09:51 AM EDT The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest biomedical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health, is pleased to announce our 2018-2019 class of Associate Fellows. NLM Technical Bulletin, May-Jun 2018, NCBI Minute Webinar: Integrating PubChem into Your Chemistry Teaching on May 9, 2018 05/07/2018 09:26 AM EDT On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, join National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) staff for a Webinar on how to use PubChem as a cheminformatics education resource.   This service is provided to you at no charge by the NLM Office Of Communication and Public Liaison. This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: U.S. National Library of Medicine · 8600 Rockville Pike · Bethesda, MD 20894