The latest stab at "meaningful" use...the lynch pin term that seems to have every EHR vendor white knuckled waiting to see that their EHR provides this so that they can justify it's cost to physicians and promise physician reimbursement via Obama's Stimulus plan is...
"Demonstrates that the provider makes use of, and the patient has access to, clinically relevant electronic information about the patient to improve medication management and coordination of care"
This is the proposed definition by the Markle Foundation.
I would like to see it worded more strongly toward overall physician benefits....
It does focus on medication management but also hints toward the PHR.
As a physician, I would like to see a broader definition..one that includes...
I would propose adding the following for "meaningful" use criteria:
"To be meaningful, Physicians can either document one of the following paremeters: improved office efficiency, improved clinical responsiveness, improved clinical access, improved patient care, improved office administration functionality, improved documentation, improved record retrieval, improved billing, improved reliability and reproducibility of outcomes"
Monday, June 01, 2009
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