Meaningful use menu set

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Objective	Measures
Implement drug formulary checks	Drug formulary check system is implemented and has access to at least one internal or external drug formulary for the entire reporting period
Incorporate clinical laboratory test results into EHRs as structures data	More than 40% of clinical laboratory test results whose results are in positive/negative or numerical format are incorporated into EHRs as structured data
Generate lists of patients by specific conditions to use for quality improvement, reduction of disparities, research, or outreach	Generate at least one listing of patients with a specific condition
Use EHR technology to identify patient-specific education resources and provide those to the patient as appropriate	More than 10% of patients are provided patient-specific education resources
Perform medication reconciliation between care settings	Medication reconciliation is performed for more than 50% of transitions of care
Provide summary of care record for patients referred or transitioned to another provider or setting	Summary of care record is provided for more than 50% of patient transitions or referrals
Submit electronic immunization data to immunization registries or immunization information systems	Perform at least one test of data submission and follow-up submission (where registries can accept electronic submissions)
Submit electronic surveillance data to public health agencies	Perform at least one test of data submission and follow-up submission (where public health agencies can accept electronic data)
Additional choices for hospitals and critical access hospitals
Record advance directives for patients 65 years of age or older	More than 50% of patients 65 years of age or older have an indication of an advance directive status recorded
Submit of electronic data on reportable laboratory results to public health agencies	Perform at least one test of data submission and follow-up submission (where public health agencies can accept electronic data)
Additional choices for eligible professionals
Send reminders to patients (per patient preference) for preventive and follow-up care	More than 20% or patients 65 years of age or older or 5 years of age or younger are sent appropriate reminders
Provide patients with timely electronic access to their health information (including laboratory results, problem list, medication lists, medication allergies)	More than 10% of patients are provided electronic access to information within 4 days of its being update in the EHR

Source: David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., and Marilyn Tavenner, R.N., M.H.A.

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