What is the Meaningful Use Criteria?

Meaningful Use: Core and Menu Sets

The criteria for Meaningful Use are detailed in a list of 25 requirements issued by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) which is part of the Department Health & Human Services.  The criteria are broken down into two sets of objectives and measures; A Core Set and a Menu Set. In the core set, there are 15 objectives that each provider must comply with. In the Menu set,  providers are free to choose 5  items from among a menu of 10 to implement. This brings the total to 20 objectives that must be met to demonstrate meaningful use of your certified electronic health record EHR. Fail to meet even one, and you may not qualify for the incentives.

CORE REQUIREMENTS

CPOE
Implement Drug-Drug and Drug-Allergy Interation Checks
ePrescribing
Demographics
Problem Lists
Medication List
Medication Allergy List
Vital Signs
Smoking Status
Clinical Decision Support
Calculate and Transmit CMS Quality Measures
Electronic Copy of Health Information
Electronic Copy of Discharge Health Information
Clinical Summaries
Exchange Key Clinical Information
Privacy/Security

MENU REQUIREMENTS

Implement Drug-Formulary Checks
Advanced Directives
Lab Results into EHR
Patient Lists
Patient Reminders
Timely Electronic Access to Health Information
Patient-Specific Education
Medication Reconciliation
Summary of Care
Immunization Registries
Submit Lab Results to Public Health Agencies
Syndromic Surveillance