Become a Meaningful EHR User
The Health IT Policy Committee will continue to revise its initial suggestions
defining "meaningful use". The final rules for Stage 1 focus on the
2011 requirements
and deadlines to expect.
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Use
computerized physician order entry for all order types, including medications.
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Incorporate
laboratory tests into EHRs and share results electronically with public health
agencies.
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Generate lists
of patients by specific condition to use for quality improvement.
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Provide
clinical summaries for patients after each encounter.
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Exchange key
clinical information among health professionals (problems, medications,
allergies, test results, etc.).
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Generate and
transmit prescriptions electronically.
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Manage chronic
conditions using patient lists and decision support tools.
- Offer secure
patient-physician messaging capability.
- Record patient
preferences in EHR.
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Achieve
minimal levels of performance on quality, safety and efficiency measures.
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Give patients
access to self-management tools.
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Access
comprehensive patient data from all available sources.
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Conduct
automated real-time surveillance on occurrences such as adverse events, disease
outbreaks and bioterrorism.
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Incorporate
clinical dashboards into EHR.
Source:
Health IT Policy Committee