ehr onc final certification - Department of Health Care Services
ehr onc final certification - Department of Health Care Services
ehr onc final certification - Department of Health Care Services
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a meaningful use objective they would otherwise not have been able to meet. We do not<br />
believe that the capability we have required will be a significant burden for Complete<br />
EHR and EHR Module developers and assume that some already have this or a similar<br />
type <strong>of</strong> capability already built in.<br />
Patient-Specific Education Resources<br />
The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs proposed rule discussed but<br />
did not include the objective <strong>of</strong> providing “access to patient specific education resources<br />
upon request,” primarily because <strong>of</strong> the belief that there was a paucity <strong>of</strong> knowledge<br />
resources integrated within EHRs that are also widely available. CMS also noted that the<br />
ability to provide patient education resources in multiple languages might be limited. In<br />
response to comments, the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs <strong>final</strong> rule<br />
included this objective and a related measure, finding that the availability <strong>of</strong> education<br />
resources linked to EHRs is in fact more widely available than the <strong>Department</strong> had<br />
previously indicated in the proposed rule. The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive<br />
Programs <strong>final</strong> rule expressly requires that more than 10 percent <strong>of</strong> all unique patients<br />
seen by the EP or admitted to the eligible hospital’s or CAH’s inpatient or emergency<br />
department (POS 21 or 23) during the EHR reporting period must be provided patient-<br />
specific education resources in order to meet the related meaningful use stage 1 objective.<br />
To support the achievement <strong>of</strong> this objective and measure, we are therefore adopting as a<br />
<strong>certification</strong> criterion the capability <strong>of</strong> enabling a user to electronically identify and<br />
provide patient-specific education resources that include particular types <strong>of</strong> data<br />
elements.<br />
Meaningful Use<br />
Stage 1<br />
Objective<br />
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Measure Certification Criterion<br />
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