• Clinical Data consisting of:
  
  -Diagnosis Information
  -Clinical Procedures
  -Lab Information
  -Medications
  -Vitals
  -Allergies
• Claims & Assessment Data
  
  -Claims Part A,B & D
  -Nursing Home Min. Data Set (MDS)
  -Home Health Agencies Outcome & Assessment (OASIS)
• Quality Measurement Data
  
  -CMS In-Patient Chronic Diseases
  -CMS Out-Patient Data (DOQ-IT)

The process for collecting clinical, patient information involves:

• Data collection tools to capture patient information
• Data submission tools that safeguard patient data
• Validation and conditioning of data for reporting