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What Is Meaningful Use? Submitted by Illinois Oncology. LTD
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eaningful Use is a phrase that describes the guidelines physicians and hospitals must follow to receive incentive payments for having a certified Electronic Health Record or EHR. The overall goal, however, is not just to reward physicians for no longer using a paper chart. The Meaningful Use program was designed to improve the quality of patient care and to enable providers to be more efficient. Secondly, Meaningful Use focuses on improving how providers across all specialties share information and thus, in general, improve public health. Patients and families may also have access to their personal health information thru an electronic “patient portal” and will be given or mailed a summary of each office visit. Patients may have already noticed these guidelines being enacted in their physician offices: medication lists are updated on each visit with special attention to drug interactions and allergies; an on going problem list is generated; smoking status is documented as well as blood pressure and BMI (weight and height analysis); prescriptions are sent electronically to the pharmacy rather than on a paper script; educational resources are provided when appropriate. Between now and 2016 when the program is set to be completely in place, Meaningful Use will become more recognizable in the physician office and hospital setting and will ultimately become an effective tool for improving clinical outcomes. Providers and patients will be better informed, have better access to health records and thus improve health care and manage costs.
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