10 Additional Measures
5 out of these 10 must also be met:
In addition to these fifteen mandates, the medical practice must also demonstrate usage of five of the following ten criteria:
- Implement a drug-formulary check system
- Incorporate laboratory and testing data as part of the EMR structure
- Ability to generate listings of patients sorted by specific conditions, for use in quality improvement, research, outreach or trending
- Use of EMR technology in order to identify educational resources specific to patient medical status and provide to patients as necessary (a minimum of 10% of the time)
- The provision of medication reconciliation between care providers or medical settings (a minimum of 50% of the time)
- Provide a summary of care record for any patients being transferred to another medical provider or alternative medical setting (a minimum of 50% of the time)
- The submission of electronic immunization records to any required local registries along with at least one test of the EMR capability to do so
- Submit to public health officials an electronic record of any trending or syndromic health issues along with at least one test of the EMR capability to do so
- Forward medical reminders to patients as per the patient preference for preventative and/or follow-up care (a minimum of 20% of the time with those over age 65 and under age 5)
- Allow patient with timely access to their own health records (a minimum of 10% of the time)