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Patient Reports
Adding a Patient Incident
See video below on how to add a patient’s incident:
Menu Set – Patient Reminders
Objective: Send reminders to patients per patient preference for preventive/follow-up care.
Measure: More than 20 percent of all patients 65 years or older or 5 years old or younger were sent an appropriate reminder during the EHR reporting period.
Exclusion: An EP who has no patients 65 years old or older or 5 years old or younger with records maintained using certified EHR technology.
Full Details: PDF
See video below for more information on Patient Reminders:
Menu Set – Summary of Care
Objective: The EP who transitions their patient to another setting of care or provider of care or refers their patient to another provider of care should provide summary care record
for each transition of care or referral.
Measure: The EP who transitions or refers their patient to another setting of care or provider of care provides a summary of care record for more than 50 percent of transitions of
care and referrals.
Exclusion: An EP who neither transfers a patient to another setting nor refers a patient to another provider during the EHR reporting period.
Full Details: PDFSee video below for more information on Summary of Care:
Menu Set – Medication Reconciliation
Objective: The EP who receives a patient from another setting of care or provider of care or
believes an encounter is relevant should perform medication reconciliation.
Measure: The EP performs medication reconciliation for more than 50 percent of transitions of care in which the patient is transitioned into the care of the EP.
Exclusion: An EP who was not the recipient of any transitions of care during the EHR reporting
period.
Full Details: PDF
15 – Protect Electronic Information
Objective: Protect electronic health information created or maintained by the certified EHR technology through the implementation of appropriate technical capabilities.
Measure: Conduct or review a security risk analysis in accordance with the requirements under 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1) and implement security updates as necessary and correct identified security deficiencies as part of its risk management process.
Exclusion: No exclusion.
Full Details: PDF
Helpful Resources:
Guide to Privacy and Security of Health Information
Demonstrating Meaningful Use – Exchange of Clinical Information
Objective: Capability to exchange key clinical information (for example, problem list, medication list, medication allergies, and diagnostic test results), among providers of care and patient authorized entities electronically.
Measure: Performed at least on test of certified EHR technology’s capacity to electronically exchange key clinical information.
Exclusion: No exclusion.
Full Details: PDF
Demonstrating Meaningful Use – Clinical Summaries
Objective: Provide clinical summaries for patients for each office visit.
Measure: Clinical summaries provided to patients for more than 50 percent of all office visits within 3 business days.
Exclusion: Any EP who has no office visits during the EHR reporting period.
Full Details: PDFSee video below for more information on clinical summaries:
Demonstrating Meaningful Use – Clinical Quality Measures
Objective: Report ambulatory clinical quality measures to CMS.
Measure: Successfully report to CMS ambulatory clinical quality measures selected by CMS in the manner specified by CMS.
Exclusion: No exclusion.
Full Details: PDF
To report ambulatory clinical quality measures to CMS. You need to go to the reports section of BackChart® COS and click on ‘Measure Calculation.’ See the slide below for the location of this report:
See slides below on how to record that you have completed the CQMs.
1 – Go to ‘system’ in the top right and select ‘Admin.’
2 – Go to bottom left and select ‘Users.’ 3 – Select a doctor.
4 – Select the third tab titled ‘Doctor.’
5 – Select ‘Activity Log.’
6 – Select Date, ‘CQM’, and write any additional notes pretaining to this measure.
You are finished recording the CQM quality measure when it appears under your activity log.
Note: You still need to submit your CQMs when you are attesting with CMS. After they are submitted to CMS you have completed this measure.