Meaningful use: 'yes you can'

• Published in: Behavioral Healthcare Vol. 31; no. 4; p. 64
• Main Author: Grantham, Dennis
• Format: Journal Article Trade Publication Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Vendome Group LLC 01.05.2011
• Subjects: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009-US; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - economics; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - standards; Decision Support Systems, Clinical - economics; Decision Support Systems, Clinical - legislation & jurisprudence; Decision Support Systems, Clinical - standards; Electronic Health Records - economics; Electronic Health Records - legislation & jurisprudence; Electronic Health Records - standards; Financing, Government - legislation & jurisprudence; Financing, Government - standards; Humans; Information management; Medical Informatics Applications; Medical Order Entry Systems - economics; Medical Order Entry Systems - legislation & jurisprudence; Medical Order Entry Systems - standards; Meetings; United States; United States
• ISSN: 1931-7093; 2167-9649

Common weak spots involve: * Electronic exchange of data, especially with regard to meeting security and privacy protections. * Understanding and implementing Clinical Decision Support, a concept that currently is more widely understood and embraced in medicine than in behavioral health. * Development and delivery of patient health records (PHRs) through web-based "portals," another comparatively new concept. * Development of "patient clinical summaries" - brief printed reports made available to the patient following an appointment that summarize current findings. According to Machtay, this management-level plan: * Establishes leadership for the effort, * Appoints a "subject matter expert" responsible for following MU developments, resolving questions, getting needed clarifications from CMS, etc. * Enumerates and formalizes procedures, policies, phases, and projects essential for: 1. meeting the adoptimplement or upgrade (AIU) requirements in year one of the Medicaid EHR incentive program 2. meeting attestation requirements for meaningful use for a 90-day period in year two. * Deveiops a format for tracking and monitoring progress in meeting the organization's MU requirements over a two-year period and includes methods for identifying and resolving implementation challenges.