Category Archives: Meaningful Use

15 – Protect Electronic Information

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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

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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 Quality Measures

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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.

Demonstrating Meaningful Use – ePrescribe

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Objective: Generate and transmit permissible prescriptions electronically (eRx).
Measure: More than 40 percent of all permissible prescriptions written by the EP are transmitted electronically using certified EHR technology.
Exclusion: Any EP who writes fewer than 100 prescriptions during the EHR reporting period.
Full Details: PDF

Please Note: Chiropractors are excluded from this Meaningful Use item.

Demonstrating Meaningful Use – Computerized Order Entry

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Objective: Use computerized provider order entry (CPOE) for medication orders directly entered by any licensed healthcare professional who can enter orders into the medical record per state, local and professional guidelines.
Measure: More than 30 percent of all unique patients with at least one medication in their medication list seen by the EP have at least one medication order entered using CPOE.
Exclusion: Any EP who writes fewer than 100 prescriptions during the EHR reporting period.
Full Details: PDF

 
Please Note: Chiropractors are excluded from this Meaningful Use item.

Electronic Copy of Health Information

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Objective: Provide patients with an electronic copy of their health information (including diagnostic test results, problem list, medication lists, medication allergies) upon request.
Measure:  More than 50 percent of all patients who request an electronic copy of their health information are provided it within 3 business days.
Exclusion: Any EP that has no requests from patients or their agents for an electronic copy of patient health information during the EHR reporting period.
Full Details: PDF

See training video below on Electronic Copy of Health Information:

Menu Set – Provide Patients Education Resources

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Objective: Use certified EHR technology to identify patient-specific education resources and provide those resources to the patient if appropriate.
Measure:  More than 10 percent of all unique patients seen by the EP are provided patient-specific education resources.
Exclusion: No exclusion.
Full Details: PDF

See video below on Patient Education Resources:

Menu Set – Patient Electronic Access

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Objective: Objective Provide patients with timely electronic access to their health information (including lab results, problem list, medication lists, and allergies) within 4 business days of the information being available to the EP.
Measure:  At least 10 percent of all unique patients seen by the EP are provided timely (available to the patient within four business days of being updated in the certified EHR
technology) electronic access to their health information subject to the EP’s discretion to withhold certain information.
Exclusion: Exclusion Any EP that neither orders nor creates lab tests or information that would be contained in the problem list, medication list, medication allergy list (or other information as listed at 45 CFR 170.304(g)) during the EHR reporting period.
Full Details: PDF

 

See video below on Patient Electronic Access (Patient Portal):

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