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Vol. 1 Issue #1 | September, 2012 |
EHR and Health IT Perspectives
Welcome to the Montana/Wyoming Regional Extension Center's EHR and Health IT Perspectives newsletter. |
Meaningful Use - Help Is On The Way |
Quality Measures Crosswalk Tool Designed To Identify Commonalities In Measures and Standards
Provider practices seeking an electronic health record (EHR) incentive payment from either Medicare or Medicaid through adoption of a certified EHR system are required to report on Meaningful Use health information functionality measures in order to achieve Stage 1 objectives. Meaningful Use Core Measure 10 requires providers to additionally capture and report clinical quality measures using their EHRs.
Mountain-Pacific Quality Health and the Montana/Wyoming Regional Extension Center (REC) have created a tool which provides a crosswalk that matches the Meaningful Use and clinical quality measures with related PQRS measures and the 2011 Patient - Centered Medical Home standards.
The Quality Measures Crosswalk tool is a Word document with links to very useful measures and standards information. This crosswalk tool is intended to help providers identify common measures and standards addressed by each of the following programs -
- Meaningful Use (MU) Eligible Professional (EP) Core and Menus Set measures
- 2011 NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) standards
- Specific MU Clinical Quality Measures (CQM)
- Related 2012 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) measures
To obtain a copy of the Quality Measures Crosswalk tool as well as instructions on how to use, visit the front page of our website
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Here's what Terry Johnson from the Babson Clinic in Cheyenne had to say about the Quality Measures Crosswalk tool...
"...trying to figure out all of these (measures and standards) programs was very confusing until I found this "great" (Crosswalk) tool that was developed in Helena, MT that totally clears up all the confusion."
Do you have questions, comments or suggestions about our new Quality Measures Crosswalk tool?
Please email Janet Whitmoyer, author of the Quality Measures Crosswalk tool, at [email protected].
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Meaningful Use Stage 2 |
August, 2012
Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule Notice of Proposed-Rule Making
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces the release of the notices of proposed rule-making (NPRMs) for meaningful use Stage 2 and updated certification criteria.
The ONC proposed rule provides the capabilities and related standards and implementation specifications that Certified EHR Technology will need to include to, at a minimum, support the achievement of "meaningful use" by eligible health care providers beginning with the EHR reporting periods in FY/CY 2014. The rule also proposes revisions to the permanent certification program for health information technology, which include changing the name of the program to the "ONC HIT Certification Program."
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Health Care Law Website | New website helps both physicians and patients understand and benefit from the new health care reform law The new HealthCareandYou.org website is designed primarily for consumers, but physicians can also use it to help their patients make informed health care decisions. The site provides easy-to-understand descriptions of nearly all aspects of the health care reform measure and offers in depth information on how the law handles medical treatments, disease prevention and coverage for pre-existing conditions. The site also features a state-by-state listing of health care coverage options available now and in the future. |
Health IT Resources
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Meaningful Use
The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs will provide incentive payments to eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) as they adopt, implement, upgrade or demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology.
Electronic Health Record
Includes case studies of successful implementations and a forum for sharing user reviews of EHR systems.
Health Affairs, September/October 2005, 24 (5): 1127-37
AAFP Toolbox for Family Practices
The AAFP's Family Practice Management offers several useful tools for family physicians transitioning to an EHR.
Electronic Prescribing
CMS ePrescribing Overview
"E-prescribing - a prescriber's ability to electronically send an accurate, error-free and understandable prescription directly to a pharmacy from the point-of-care - is an important element in improving the quality of patient care..."
Additional MT/WY REC Services
MT/WY REC Health Technology Services
REC HTS services are designed to take your organization from its current state-whether you have no EHR or only need to optimize your current system-to stage 1 meaningful use. We offer expert and unbiased advice on systems and services best suited to your needs.
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We hope you enjoyed the initial issue of the Montana/Wyoming Regional Extension Center's newsletter. Please do contact us if you have any questions or comments.
Thank-you!
Dan Maronick
Quality Health Services
Montana/Wyoming Regional Extension Center
[email protected] |
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