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Written by:
Kaili
10/3/2011 12:18 PM
Sample Meeting Meaningful Use Timeline:
- Six months away from attestation date - Decided who in the practice will take the lead.
- Six months away from attestation date - Start training on all the Meaningful Use measures & decide which Menu Set measures the practice will attest on.
- Four months away from attestation date - Make sure that PECOS is up-to-date.
- Three months away from attestation date - Registrar on the EHR Attestation System & conduct an audit of your practice on the Meaningful Use measures.
- Two months away from attestation date - Start pulling sample reports to see where the practice is falling in line with meeting the measures.
Sample Meaningful Use Checklist
- CPOE for Medication Orders - 30%
- Drug Interaction Checks
- Maintain Problem List - 80%
- e-Prescribing (eRx) - 40%
- Active Medication List - 80%
- Medication Allergy List - 80%
- Record Demographics - 50%
- Record Vital Signs - 50%
- Record Smoking Status - 50%
- Clinical Quality Measures
- Clinical Decision Support Rule
- Electronic Copy of Health Information - 50% (of those who request)
- Clinical Summaries - 50%
- Electronic Exchange of Clinical Information
- Protect Electronic Health Information
Chosen 5 Menu Set Measures (Remember that you need to choose 5 of the 10 Menu Set measures and one of those five need to be a public health surveillance measure.)
- Drug Formulary Checks
- Patient Lists
- Patient Reminders - 20%
- Patient-Specific Education Resources - 10%
- Syndromic Surveillance Data Submission
With everything in place meeting Meaningful Use will go by smoothly and your practice will be on its way to receiving the incentive monies.
For more help with Meaningful Use contact me, I'm your personal Meaningful Use consultant. I will help you and your practice develop its own timeline and checklist and be there to guide you and your practice through the process.