• New Slack Channel and HCQIS_Data Mailbox Removal

For this new slack channel, please note that it should be used for general questions related to onboarding, user experience, and user events. Issues or technical questions should still be directed to servicecentersos@cms.hhs.gov or the #help-service-center-sos slack channel.

If you do not have Slack access, please follow these instructions here. 

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Communications Call - November 18th (Final Call for 2021)

Please note that the final Communications Call for the year of 2021 will be held next week on Thursday, November 18th, at 1:00pm ET. After this call, we will go on a winter break until we kick off the series again in 2022. During the call next week, we will survey the community for potential agenda topics for future Communications Calls. We hope you can join us next week! 

CCSQ Data Camp - Mark your Calendars! 

Please join us on October 20^th and 21^st for the next CCSQ Data Camp. The CCSQ Data Camps are multi-session, multi-day events focused on educating the CCSQ Data & Analytics user community featuring technical experts and special guests from various LOBs and ADOs. This year’s theme will be “Growing CCSQ Enterprise Analytics - Learning to Walk Before We Run”, as our session speakers will provide guidance and perspective on how data analysts, scientists, and support staff can learn to excel in the foundations of data management and analytics before we move to more advanced capabilities in the future. The following topics will be explored during the two-day event:

Agenda for Day One (October 20th):

• 12:30pm ET: Welcome from CCSQ Leadership
• 1:00pm ET: CCSQ Leadership Presentation
• 2:00pm ET: SAS Viya Overview
• 3:00pm ET: Overview of CMS Master Data Management (MDM)
• 4:00pm ET: Zeppelin Overview

Agenda for Day Two (October 21st):

• 12:30pm ET: CCSQ Leadership Q&A Panel
• 1:30pm ET: Bringing Data Together for CCSQ Analytic Use
• 2:30pm ET: QuickSight Overview
• 3:30pm ET: iQIES Data Overview
• 4:20pm ET: NLP and Future Possibilities
• 4:50pm ET: ISG Closing Thoughts Session

If you do not have an invitation, please contact us at HCQIS_Data@hcqis.org. Also, please explore our Confluence page for more information.

Communications Call Summer Hiatus

Since many are on vacation during the month of August, we will be having a summer break from Communications Calls until we return mid-September. Thank you to those who attended the previous Communications Call and provided your feedback concerning future user events, as we will be using your feedback during the break to plan engaging content. 

Upcoming Events

Please join us for our next bi-weekly Communications Call Thursday, July 8th at 1:00 pm ET. The invitation and agenda for this invite will be sent out shortly. The slides and meeting notes from the June 24th Communications Call are now available.

Upcoming Events

Please join us for our next bi-weekly communications call Thursday, June 24th at 1:00 pm ET. The invitation for this invite will be sent out shortly. The slides and meeting notes from the June 10th Communications Call are now available.

Upcoming Events

Please join us for our next bi-weekly communications call Thursday, June 10th at 1:00 pm ET. The invitation for this invite will be sent out shortly. The slides and meeting notes from the May 13th Communications Call are now available.

Upcoming key dates:

• Communications Calls at 1:00 pm ET
  
  • June 10th - Invitation will be sent shortly
  • June 24th

Upcoming Events

Please join us on Zoom for our bi-weekly communications call this Thursday, May 13th at 1:00 pm ET. If you have not received an invitation, please reach out to us by emailing us at HCQIS_Data@hcqis.org.

The slides and meeting notes from the April 29th Communications Call are now available.

Upcoming key dates:

• Communications Calls at 1:00 pm ET
  
  • May 13th - join us on Zoom
  • June 10th
  • June 24th
• Scheduled CDR & CAP Maintenance Events at 8:00 pm ET
  
  • May 21st

Upcoming Events

Please join us on Zoom for our bi-weekly communications call this Thursday, April 29th at 1:00 pm ET. During this call, we will focus on reviewing important best practices and macros that will streamline analytics work in the SAS Viya environment. If you have not received an invitation, please reach out to us by emailing us at HCQIS_Data@hcqis.org.

The slides and meeting notes from the April 15th Communications Call are now available.

Upcoming key dates:

• Communications Calls at 1:00 pm ET
  • April 29th - join us on Zoom
  • May 13th
• Scheduled CDR & CAP Maintenance Events at 8:00 pm ET
  
  • May 21st
• CDR Hive Restart
  • April 27th - CANCELED
  • April 30th - scheduled for 9:30 pm ET

Upcoming key dates:

• Communications Calls at 1:00 pm ET
  • April 29th - join us on Zoom
  • May 13th
• Scheduled CDR & CAP Maintenance Events at 8:00 pm ET
  • April 23rd
  • May 21st
• CDR Hive Restart
  • April 20th - 9:30 pm ET
  • April 23rd - combined with the scheduled CDR & CAP maintenance event

The slides and meeting notes from the April 1st Communications Call are now available.

During the call, a Zoom poll was held to gather user feedback on our Help Desk processes. The results of the poll can be found within the meeting minutes. If you have additional thoughts, please submit them via email at HCQIS_data@hcqis.org.

Upcoming key dates:

• Communications Calls at 1:00 pm ET
  • April 15th - join on Zoom
  • April 29th
  • May 13th
• Scheduled CDR & CAP Maintenance Events at 8:00 pm ET
  • April 23rd
  • May 21st

Our next bi-weekly Communications Call will be held on Thursday, April 1st, at 1:00 pm ET.  Please join us via Zoom for special speakers from the Data Validation and Administrative (DVA) team, who will be sharing how they use BIC data from their perspective. These special speakers will share the solutions on how to work with BIC data, and provide their perspective, general steps and best practices, as well as code.

Upcoming key dates:

• Communications Call - April 15 at 1:00 pm ET
• Communications Call - April 29th at 1:00 pm ET

The slides and meeting notes from the March 18th Communications Call is now available.

Our next bi-weekly Communications Call will be held on Thursday, March 18th, at 1:00 pm ET.  Please join us via Zoom for special speakers from the Data Validation and Administrative (DVA) team, who will be sharing how they use BIC data from their perspective. These special speakers will share the solutions on how to work with BIC data, and provide their perspective, general steps and best practices, as well as code.

Upcoming key dates:

• Scheduled CAP & CDR Maintenance Event, Friday, March 19th - March 21st starting at 8:00 pm ET
• Communications Call - April 1 at 1:00 pm ET
• Communications Call - April 15 at 1:00 pm ET
• Communications Call - April 29th at 1:00 pm ET

The slides and meeting notes from the March 4th Communications Call is now available.

Our next bi-weekly Communications Call will be held on Thursday, March 4th, at 1:00 pm ET.  Please join us via Zoom for a discussion of HCQIS Data & Analytics Modernization topics, such as the Centralized Data Repository (CDR) and the SAS Viya application. The call is designed to provide users with system updates, data usage updates, general announcements, and training demos.

Upcoming key dates:

• Communications Call, Thursday, March 18th at 1:00 pm ET
• Scheduled CAP & CDR Maintenance Event, Friday, March 19th at 8:00 pm ET
• CCSQ Data & Analytics Data Camp - Spring 2021

The slides and meeting notes from the February 18th Communications Call is now available

Our next bi-weekly Communications Call will be held on Thursday, February 18th, at 1:00 pm ET.  Please join us via Zoom for a discussion of HCQIS Data & Analytics Modernization topics, such as the Centralized Data Repository (CDR) and the SAS Viya application. The call is designed to provide users with system updates, data usage updates, general announcements, and training demos.

Upcoming key dates in 2021:

• CCSQ Data & Analytics Data Camp - Spring 2021

The slides and meeting notes from the February 4th Communications Call is now available.

Our next bi-weekly Communications Call will be held on Thursday, February 4th, at 1:00 pm ET.  Please join us via Zoom for a discussion on our usual system and data usage updates. The focus of this call will be the introduction of a newly developed request form for the user community and review of important SAS Viya/CDR best practices.

Upcoming key dates in 2021:

• Communications Call - February 18th at 1:00 pm ET
• CCSQ Data & Analytics Data Camp - Spring 2021

The slides and meeting notes from the January 21st Communications Call is now available.

Upcoming key dates in 2021:

• Communications Call - January 21st at 1:00 pm EST
• Communications Call - February 4th at 1:00 pm EST
• Communications Call - February 18th at 1:00 pm EST
• CCSQ Data & Analytics Data Camp - Spring 2021

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Thank you to all our users who attended the very first CCSQ Data & Analytics Data Camp, a multi-session, multi-day event focused on educating the CCSQ Data & Analytics user community, on November 17th and 18th. During this special event, technical experts and special guests presented during multiple one-hour sessions, which focused on SAS Viya and the CDR.

Check out the CCSQ Data & Analytics Data Camp Confluence page for the recordings and meeting materials. As the Data & Analytics Modernization team plans for the next Data Camp in early 2021, please complete the feedback survey available to our users on that page. We value your feedback and hope you take the time to share your thoughts from the event.

The survey will close on EOD Wednesday (December 9^th) so please submit your thoughts by the deadline.

• The slides and meeting notes from the November 5th Communications Call are now available.

12/16/2020

On November 17th and 18th, all SAS Viya/CDR users are welcome to our first quarterly CCSQ Data & Analytics Data Camp, a multi-session, multi-day event focused on educating the CCSQ Data & Analytics user community. During this special event, technical experts and special guests present during multiple one-hour sessions, each ending with a question and answer session.

This event will follow an Open House format, allowing users to be able to jump in and out of the event to attend certain sessions.  Refer to the CCSQ Data & Analytics Data Camp page for more information, such as the agenda, FAQs, invitations, and question submissions.

Note: All SAS Viya/CDR users are welcome to our event. Because only certain sessions are applicable to iQIES/QBIC Viya users, please refer to the schedule to determine which sessions iQIES/QBIC users are welcome to attend.

Our next bi-weekly Communications Call will be held on Thursday, November 19th, at 1:00 pm ET.  Please join us via Zoom for a discussion on our usual system and data usage updates. The focus of this call will be on mapping DUAs to the Centralized Data Repository (CDR).

• The slides and meeting notes from the October 22nd Communications Call are now available

New Distribution List

Our new distribution list entitled “QNet Analytics: QualityNet Analytics Notifications” is now available on the QualityNet.org site. Members of this distribution list will receive our meeting invitations, weekly communications, and maintenance information.

All users on our previous distribution list will be added to this new list by our team, so if you are receiving our communications regularly, no request for access should be made.

For individuals who are not yet receiving our communications, they should subscribe on the sign-up page under the Private lists tab. Please note that all users who are granted SAS Viya/CDR roles in HARP will automatically be added to the list upon being granted a role in HARP, so no action to to be added the list will be needed in this use case.

Call to Action: Please ensure that “qnet-analytics@mailer.qualitynet.org” is part of your safe sender list. If you are having issues whitelisting this email address, please contact your IT support for assistance.

To learn more about this new distribution list, access QNET Analytics Distribution List.

• The slides and meeting notes from the October 8th Communications Call are now available.

• Our next bi-weekly Communications Call will be held on Thursday, October 22th, at 1:00 pm EDT. Please join us via Zoom for a discussion on our usual system and data usage updates, as well as the following topics:
  • Troubleshooting SAS Viya
  • New macros for logging levels
  • How SAS Viya and Hive work together
  • SAS Visual Analytics Series - Part One, a new series with Lee Herman from the SAS team demonstrating SAS Visual Analytics 

• The slides and meeting notes from the September 24th Communications Call are now available.

• Our next bi-weekly Communications Call will be held on Thursday, October 8th, at 1:00 pm EDT. Please join us via Zoom for a discussion on HCQIS Data & Analytics Modernization topics, such as the Centralized Data Repository (CDR) and the SAS Viya application.
• The slides and meeting notes from the September 24th Communications Call are now available.
• Upcoming bi-weekly Communications Calls are scheduled for the following dates:
  
  • October 22nd at 1:00 pm EDT
  Zoom information will be provided when it becomes available.

• Our next bi-weekly Communications Call will be held on Thursday, September 24th, at 1:00 pm EDT. Please join us via Zoom. The special focus section of our call will include a special speaker from the HCQAR RA (Healthcare Quality Analytics and Reports) group presenting their experience with SAS Viya and the CDR.
• The slides and meeting notes from the September 10th Communications Call are now available.
• Upcoming bi-weekly Communications Call are scheduled for the following dates:
  
  • October 8th at 1:00 pm EDT
  • October 22nd at 1:00 pm EDT
  Zoom information will be provided when it becomes available.

• The slides and meeting notes from the August 27th Communications Call are now available.

• Our next bi-weekly Communications Call will be held on Thursday, September 10th, at 1:00 pm EDT. Please join us via Zoom for a discussion of HCQIS Data & Analytics Modernization topics, such as the Centralized Data Repository (CDR) and the SAS Viya application.
• The slides and meeting notes from the August 13th Communications call are now available.

• Our next bi-weekly Communications Call will be held on Thursday, August 27th, at 1:00 pm EDT. Please join us via Zoom for a review of Best Practices and newly developed macro

• The slides and meeting notes from the July 30th Communications call are now available.

• Our next Communications Call will be held this Thursday, August 13th, at 1:00 pm EDT. Please join us via Zoom to learn more about HCQIS Data & Analytics Modernization topics, such as the Centralized Data Repository (CDR) and the SAS Viya application. The main focus of our call will be on reviewing best practices, covering topics such as cleaning up scheduled jobs, arrays, and BIC data, etc.

• Our next Communications Call will be held this Thursday, July 30th, at 1:00 pm EDT. Please join us via Zoom to learn more of our topic “Queues in Viya.”

• The next Communications Call will be held on Thursday, July 2nd from 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET. During this call, we will be showing a demo of our new Confluence space, as well as a demo on "Claims Data: Info and Tips". Join the call via WebEx or by calling 1 877-267-1577 and entering access code 990 512 919.

• The next Communications Call will be held on Thursday, May 14th from 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET. Join us via WebEx.
• The slides and meeting notes from the April 30th Communications Call are now available.

• The next Communications Call will be held on Tuesday, March 17th from 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET. Join via WebEx.
• The slides and meeting notes from the March 5th Communications Call are now available.

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