Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records
Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records Assessments were helpful to guide companies in developing a roadmap with clear steps. The HITECH Act incentivized Medicare and Medicaid providers to achieve Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records. Note: “Meaningful Use” has been replaced with the “Promoting Interoperability” initiative.
The Meaningful Use Assessment may include these phases and components:
- Meaningful Use Project Governance
- Meaningful Use rapid assessment of the current organization and requirements
- Meaningful Use Business Case and Return on Investment (ROI)
- Meaningful Use Executive and Stakeholder Awareness training
- Meaningful Use Business road map development for Stage 1 and Stage 2 to clearly define opportunities and priorities
- Meaningful Use Stage 3 – Understanding Patient Engagement
- Meaningful Use of specialty medicine/specialty practice approaches for Radiology, Oncology, Cardiology, Orthopedics, and other practice areas.
- Meaningful Use quality measures benefits awareness training
- Meaningful Use Interoperability Assessment based on HHS ONC standards
- Meaningful Use In-depth Training
- Meaningful Use High-level review and skills inventory
- Meaningful Use In-Depth Assessment and ICD-10 Gap Analysis
- Implementation Planning & Design
- Electronic Medical Record vendor selection, vendor assessment, and contract reviews
- Clinical Documentation Improvement with Electronic Medical Records
- Synergies with ICD-10
- Data migration planning
- Vendor requirements for Ambulatory or Inpatient per section 170.302
- Security and privacy assessment per section 170.302
- Implementation
- Selection of a vendor that has been certified by an Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ATCB)
- Vendor Readiness Assessments
- Business Test Plan Review
MU impacts these organizations:
- Hospitals (including Inpatient and Acute Care, Community Access Hospitals, Academic Medical Centers, & Federally Qualified Rural Health Centers)
- Clinics (both stand-alone and those affiliated with hospitals)
- Physicians (private Physician practices, IPAs, and other groups, including specialty practices in Oncology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Primary Care/Family Physicians.
- Self-insured employers considering the benefits of Accountable Care Organizations.
- Patients
- Vendors of Electronic Medical Records or Electronic Health Records Systems, Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) and other modules
- Service Providers who deliver information to the health care services industry, especially if information contains Personal Health Information (PHI)
- Health plans that are interested in reducing costs of acquiring medical records for utilization and case management without using faxes and paper.
- Regulatory Agencies
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- Standards and Certification Criteria, visit http://www.healthit.gov/buzz-blog/meaningful-use/resources-onc-becoming-meaningful-user-ehr/
- Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs, visit http://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/
- Subpart C of Part 170 Part II and Part III as stipulated in the Standards and Certification Criteria Final Rule.
