<s>
popHealth	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
reference	O
implementation	O
software	B-Application
tool	I-Application
that	O
automates	O
population	O
health	O
reporting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
popHealth	B-Application
integrates	O
with	O
a	O
healthcare	O
provider	O
's	O
electronic	B-Application
health	I-Application
record	I-Application
(	O
EHR	B-Application
)	O
system	O
to	O
produce	O
clinical	O
quality	O
measures	O
(	O
CQM	O
)	O
on	O
the	O
provider	O
's	O
patient	O
population	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
popHealth	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
tool	O
that	O
automates	O
population	O
health	O
reporting	O
for	O
clinical	O
quality	O
measures	O
for	O
the	O
Centers	O
for	O
Medicare	O
&	O
Medicaid	O
Services	O
Meaningful	O
Use	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
popHealth	B-Application
integrates	O
with	O
a	O
provider	O
's	O
electronic	B-Application
health	I-Application
record	I-Application
(	O
EHR	B-Application
)	O
to	O
produce	O
summary	O
quality	O
measures	O
on	O
the	O
provider	O
's	O
patient	O
population	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
popHealth	B-Application
enables	O
a	O
provider	O
to	O
view	O
their	O
quality	O
measures	O
and	O
drill	O
down	O
to	O
the	O
patient	O
data	O
behind	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
popHealth	B-Application
allows	O
providers	O
to	O
easily	O
identify	O
outliers	O
for	O
a	O
quality	O
measure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
popHealth	B-Application
leverages	O
HL7	O
's	O
Clinical	O
Document	O
Architecture	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
to	O
receive	O
data	O
from	O
EHRs	B-Application
and	O
other	O
clinical	O
data	O
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vendors	O
and	O
healthcare	O
providers	O
using	O
clinical	O
repositories	O
for	O
source	O
data	O
may	O
integrate	O
with	O
popHealth	B-Application
,	O
or	O
leverage	O
the	O
quality	O
measure	O
engine	O
that	O
drives	O
the	O
measure	O
calculation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
popHealth	B-Application
allows	O
healthcare	O
providers	O
to	O
better	O
understand	O
their	O
patient	O
population	O
and	O
gives	O
them	O
tools	B-Application
to	O
improve	O
the	O
health	O
of	O
their	O
patients	O
by	O
performing	O
their	O
own	O
population	O
care	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
popHealth	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
mechanism	O
for	O
sending	O
data	O
on	O
summary	O
quality	O
measures	O
from	O
individual	O
providers	O
to	O
public	O
health	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
popHealth	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
to	O
operate	O
within	O
a	O
provider	O
's	O
infrastructure	O
and	O
use	O
encryption	O
to	O
address	O
patient	O
privacy	O
and	O
security	O
;	O
supports	O
pre-defined	O
Meaningful	O
Use	O
quality	O
measure	O
reports	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
export	O
the	O
PQRI	O
XML	O
as	O
a	O
reporting	O
artifact	O
for	O
the	O
transmission	O
of	O
summary	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popHealth	B-Application
project	O
was	O
initially	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
Office	O
of	O
the	O
National	O
Coordinator	O
(	O
ONC	O
)	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Department	O
of	O
Health	O
and	O
Human	O
Services	O
(	O
HHS	O
)	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
MITRE	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
popHealth	B-Application
was	O
transitioned	O
to	O
the	O
OSEHRA	O
Open	O
Source	O
Community	O
for	O
maintenance	O
and	O
further	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
popHealth	B-Application
demonstrates	O
how	O
a	O
provider	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
system	O
to	O
submit	O
quality	O
measures	O
or	O
public	O
health	O
data	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
existing	O
workflow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
popHealth	B-Application
empowers	O
physicians	O
to	O
better	O
understand	O
their	O
patient	O
population	O
and	O
gives	O
them	O
tools	B-Application
to	O
improve	O
the	O
health	O
of	O
their	O
patients	O
by	O
performing	O
their	O
own	O
population	O
care	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
2012	O
Health	O
2.0	O
Developer	O
Challenge	O
,	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
in	O
awards	O
were	O
offered	O
for	O
the	O
top	O
three	O
projects	O
that	O
utilized	O
the	O
popHealth	B-Application
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
popHealth	B-Application
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
an	O
Apache	B-Application
2.0	I-Application
open	O
source	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
popHealth	B-Application
software	O
is	O
freely	B-License
available	I-License
for	O
anyone	O
to	O
download	O
,	O
use	O
,	O
modify	O
and/or	O
redistribute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
popHealth	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
Ruby	B-Application
on	I-Application
Rails	I-Application
framework	O
,	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
MongoDB	B-Application
database	O
,	O
and	O
Web	O
2.0	O
JavaScript	B-Language
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popHealth	B-Application
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
is	O
web-based	B-Application
.	O
</s>
