The ultimate goal of the OMR is to generate consensus and harmonization of all data included in outcome measures. The figure depicts a progression of curation and collaboration at the community level, allowing harmonization to occur among measure stewards (Step 1). The online tools provide sufficient monitoring to allow OMR staff to escalate unresolved issues to the Clinical Advisory Committee (Step 2) and thus reach a negotiated resolution with agreement regarding a standard solution, or more distinct (i.e., less ambiguous) definitions and metadata so users can clearly distinguish among the different measures or measure elements (Step 3).

Figure 5Hybrid curation model

From: OMR Governance

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