David on Wound Care - Meaningful Use Defined

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

I'm certain you have all been waiting with bated breath for this crucial definition to be released. Well, for those of you who have entrusted me with the breath holding, (drum roll please), it's here! Today at the HIT Policy Committee meeting, the Workgroup on Meaningful Use presented its work, as a preamble and a matrix.

The meaningful use matrix is organized into specific meaningful use goals to be achieved by 2011, 2013, and 2015. It also lists metrics for these goals to evaluate hospital and clinician progress in meeting them.

I'm happy to say that most, if not all, of the 2011 Objectives (via IntelliTrak) and Measures (via PQRI and the Intellicure Research Consortium) are already available to Intellicure Clients.

The 2011 Objectives are listed below, each following the appropriate Health Outcomes Policy Priority.

Improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce health disparities

Use CPOE for all order types including medications [OP, IP]
Implement drug-drug, drug-allergy, drug-formulary checks [OP, IP]
Maintain an up-to-date problem list [OP, IP]
Generate and transmit permissible prescriptions electronically (eRx) [OP]
Maintain active medication list [OP, IP]
Maintain active medication allergy list [OP, IP]
Record primary language, insurance type, gender, race, ethnicity [OP, IP]
Record vital signs including height, weight, blood pressure [OP, IP]
Incorporate lab-test results into EHR [OP, IP]
Generate lists of patients by specific condition to use for quality improvement, reduction of disparities, and outreach [OP]
Send reminders to patients per patient preference for preventive /follow up care [OP, IP]

Engage patients and families

Provide patients with electronic copy of- or electronic access to- clinical information (including lab results, problem list, medication lists, allergies) per patient preference (e.g., through PHR) [OP, IP]
Provide access to patient-specific educational resources [OP, IP]
Provide clinical summaries for patients for each encounter [OP, IP]

Improve care coordination

Exchange key clinical information among providers of care (e.g., problems, medications, allergies, test results) [OP, IP]
Perform medication reconciliation at relevant encounters [OP, IP]

Improve population and public health

Submit electronic data to immunization registries where required and accepted [OP, IP]
Provide electronic submissions of reportable lab results to public health agencies [IP]
Provide electronic syndrome surveillance data to public health agencies according to applicable law and practice [IP]

Ensure adequate privacy and security protections for personal health information

Compliance with HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules and state laws
Compliance with fair data sharing practices set forth in the Nationwide Privacy and Security Framework

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 11:27:40 AM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)

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