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This community will provide distilled information and foster discussion related to public health issues within the constantly evolving Electronic Health Records [EHR] 'Meaningful Use' domain.

Website: http://www.cdc.gov/ehrmeaningfuluse/
Members: 88
Latest Activity: yesterday

Upcoming Meetings/Webinars & Archives

CDC Meaningful Use Website:

Visit the CDC MU website to find the most updated content on what's happening with Meaningful Use today. See what's in the spotlight and review the plethora of resources to gain further insight on CDC Meaningful Use

Stage 2 Guidance Documents:

PHAs preparing for stage 2 MU now have access to guidance documents created by the Stage 2 MU Public Health Task Force to implement the new objectives and processes, such as declaration process, registration of intent, on-boarding/ongoing submission, and acknowledgement processes.

The consensus guidance and recommendations, which were made available on April 8th 2013, are now being shared widely with state and local PHAs. PHAs across the nation will be able to adopt this guidance according to their jurisdictional needs to implement the new objectives an dprocesses required for Stage 2 MU.

For more information on this task force and to access the guidance documents, please visit the phconnect page, "Stage 2 MU PH Reporting Requirements Task Force."

Stage 2 MU Final Rules - Resources:

~ Interim Final Rule with Comment (Published in Federal Register on 12-04-2012)

~ CMS Stage 2 Final Rules (Published in Federal Register on 09-04-2012)

~ ONC Stage 2 Final Rules (Published in Federal Register on 09-04-2012)

~ Stage 2 MU- Improve Population & Public Health

~ Stage 2 Final Rules NeHC Presentation

~ Stage 2 MU Cross Walk- By Keith Boone

Stage 2 MU NPRM Resources:

~ HIMSS Stage 2 NPRM Resource

~ ONC Stage 2 NPRM Resources

~ Robin's Stage 1 and 2 MU Comparative Table

~ Click here to submit comments to the CMS Stage 2 NPRM

~ Click here to submit comments to the ONC Stage 2 NPRM

2013 Federal Advisory Committee Meetings:

Name - HIT Policy Committee

Date/Time - January 08, 10:00am - 3:00pm [EST]

Meeting Material - HITPC Summary

Transcript - HITPC Transcript

Name - HIT Standards Committee

Date/Time - January 16, 9:00am - 3:00pm [EST]

Meeting Material - HITSC Summary

Transcript: HITSC Transcript

Name - HIT Policy Committee

Date/Time- February 06, 10:00am - 3:00pm [EST]

Meeting Material - HITPC Materials

Transcript- HITPC Transcript

Name - HIT Standards Committee

Date/Time - February 20, 9:00am - 3:00pm [EST]

Meeting Material - HITSC Materials

Transcript - HITSC Transcript

Name: - HIT Policy Committee

Date/Time - March 14, 9:30am - 12:30pm [EST]

Meeting Material - HITPC Materials

Transcript - HITPC Transcript

Name: - HIT Standards Committee

Date/Time - March 27, 9:00am - 3:00pm [EST]

Meeting Material - HITSC Material

Transcript - Coming Soon

Name - HIT Policy Committee

Date/Time - April 03, 9:30am - 3:00pm [EST]

Meeting Material- HITPC Materials

Transcript - Coming Soon

Name - HIT Standards Committee

Date/Time- April 17, 9:00am - 3:00pm

Meeting Material - HITSC Materials

Transcript - Coming Soon

2012 Archives- Click Here

2011 Archives - Click Here

Community Discussions and Documents

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Comment by Doug Seubert on February 9, 2013 at 2:44pm: Dr. Kahn: I have been involved in only one small EHR pilot study on the meaningful use of patient visit summaries. Initial findings showed that a list of overdue preventive services (i.e. a list of preventive screenings, tests, immunizations, etc. with the word OVERDUE in red next to those that were incomplete or missing) increased screening rates for colonoscopies in men over 50, especially when the doctor printed the summary and discussed it with the patient before the end of the visit. In the test group, overdue colorectal cancer screenings were scheduled and completed at over twice the rate of those in the control group who did not receive a visit summary as part of the provider-patient discussion during a primary care visit. We were able to show that the visit summaries were more effective than sending a letter to the patient, and more effective than just a discussion without the summary printed out and given to the patient. In other words, the physical printout of the summary used during the discussion about colorectal cancer screening was most effective. Interviews of the test group showed that the red OVERDUE caught their attention and some expressed a desire to be compliant (i.e. have no OVERDUES showing on their next visit summary). Others commented on the effectiveness of sharing the summary with a spouse. Often times a wife (or other family member) was instrumental in motivating the patient to schedule a colonoscopy.

I'd really like to see a more thorough study done of the patient visit summary. I can access mine through a secure web portal, but I often do not understand the information I can review from home (especially test results). And I have yet to have my provider actually print it out and use it as a tool during a discussion with me.

Comment by Dr Shafaat Khan on February 9, 2013 at 7:28am: EHR is very important for the hospitals . MS(HI) for health care professionals as core subject . Any one is intersted on EHR research project share with us

Comment by Riki Merrick on September 29, 2011 at 8:04pm: I would like to make folks in this group aware - if you aren't already - of the ONC S&I Framework Initiative that is getting started as a Community lead activity regarding Public Health reporting. Please check out the wiki page with more information here:

http://wiki.siframework.org/Public+Health+Reporting+Initiative

Comment by Sanjeev Tandon on September 9, 2011 at 8:35am: Please check out the "Resources" page for links to many useful EHR MU knowledge tools.

Comment by Sanjeev Tandon on September 7, 2011 at 4:16pm: Please check out the HRSA EHR MU tool kit on the resources page......more to come.

Comment by Sanjeev Tandon on September 7, 2011 at 4:02pm: We have launched this space today by sending an announcement thru our EHR Meaningful Use listserv.

This Public Health & Electronic Health Records Meaningful Use [EHR-MU] web space has been set up with an intent to foster communication and collaboration amongst the Public Health community and other stakeholders.To start with, this space has been organized to provide a one-stop-shop to host the following:

-Announcements and meeting info about all upcoming meetings/events related to EHR MU- hosted by ONC (including S&I), CMS, HIMSS, NQF and other entities.
-Community Discussions on issues related to Public Health and EHR MU.
-Meeting Summaries from the HIT Policy Committee (HITPC), HIT Standards Committee (HITSC), Office of National Coordinator [ONC (Standards & Interoperability)] Query Health Project etc.
-Repository for CDC EHR MU listserv posts…..as many of our listserv posts contain material which folks may like to refer later.
-RSS Feeds & Social Media Connects plus more to come later…..please stay tuned.

Kindly send us your suggestions and thoughts, about how you will like to use this space in the context of constantly evolving Electronic Health Records ‘Meaningful Use’ domain.

Regards
Sanjeev

Comment by Sanjeev Tandon on August 31, 2011 at 4:29pm: This is a pilot set up, soon we plan to launch this space to a larger audience. Please stay tuned...we will keep you informed.

Regards

Sanjeev