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Meaningful Use

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MEANINGFUL USE

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 provides the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) with the authority to establish programs to improve health care quality, safety, and efficiency through the promotion of health IT, including electronic health records and private and secure electronic health information exchange.

Under HITECH, eligible health care professionals and hospitals can qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments when they adopt certified EHR technology and use it to achieve specified objectives.

Meaningful use (MU), in a health information technology (HIT) context, defines the use of electronic health records (EHR) and related technology within healthcare as mandated by the HITECH Act. Achieving meaningful use also helps determine whether an organization will receive payments from the federal government under either the Medicare EHR Incentive Program or the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program.

http://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/meaningful-use

STAGE 1 (2011-2012) : DATA CAPTURE AND SHARING

Meaningful use criteria focus on:


	Electronically capturing health information in a standardized format.
	Using that information to track key clinical conditions.
	Communicating that information for care coordination processes.
	Initiating the reporting of clinical quality measures and public health information.
	Using information to engage patients and their families in their care.

STAGE 2 (2014) : ADVANCE CLINICAL PROCESSES

EMD Systems is capable of developing and enhancing Meaningful Use Stage -2 or Advanced Clinical Processes that will streamline health information exchange. For any and all requirements of Meaningful Use Stage -2 do contact info@emdsys.com at any time.

Meaningful use criteria focus on:


	More rigorous health information exchange (HIE).
	Increased requirements for e-prescribing and incorporating lab results.
	Electronic transmission of patient care summaries across multiple settings.
	More patient-controlled data.

STAGE 3 (2016) : IMPROVED OUTCOMES

Meaningful use criteria focus on:


	Improving quality, safety, and efficiency, leading to improved health outcomes.
	Decision support for national high-priority conditions.
	Patient access to self-management tools.
	Access to comprehensive patient data through patient-centered HIE.
	Improving population health.

EHR CERTIFICATION HELP

To ensure that the Electronic Health Record (EHR) technologies meet the adopted standards and certification norms the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) provides a well defined process. This helps the providers and health institutions achieve Meaningful Use (MU) objectives and meet the measures established by the Centres for Medicare and Medical Services (CMS).

Those who seek to qualify for incentive payments under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs including Professionals and hospitals are expected to use certified EHR technology.