| Meaningful Use Product Sheet - PDF Fulcrum Methods Meaningful Use Assessment Tool is a structured approach for hospitals and eligible providers to evaluate their EHR capabilities for incentive payment qualification under ARRA Meaningful Use criteria.
The Product
Using our SaaS-based evaluation tool, all meaningful use requirements and certification standards are accessible in a user-friendly format by hospital or eligible provider classification. The tool includes project management capabilities that track remediation initiatives. The tool is also highly adaptable and supports a flexible report writer. Users can generate and sort various reports based on meaningful use compliance, unresolved items, and remediation complexity by clinical service location.
Fulcrum Methods Meaningful Use Assessment Tool is continually updated for the most current ARRA qualification requirements. Users can:
- Ensure organization-wide electronic health records (EHRs) are deployed in a meaningful way, compliant with certification standards
- Assess multiple EHRs and other related systems throughout the organization (including primary and service line EHRs)
- Assess eligible providers (clinics, medical groups and IPAs) affiliated with an organization
- Assess workflows by clinical service or location/campus that have an impact on meaningful use
- Scope remediation efforts including:
- More effective use of technology
- Increased use of data fields
- Revision of clinical workflows
- Estimate required resources for remediation
- Ensure implementations meet meaningful use and certification standards
- Support attestation requirements
- See for each criteria gaps, remediation initiatives, actions needed for remediation, responsible parties for remediation, resource estimates, key milestones, status, and deadlines
- Currently in use at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, John Muir Health, MaineHealth, University Hospitals, and NorthBay HealthCare, among others
The Power
- Establish program structure and logistics
- Establish organizational governance and oversight efforts around meaningful use
- Educate staff on ARRA and meaningful use requirements
- Estimate remediation costs to establish meaningful use compliance
- Determine remediation approach (i.e., rebuild of clinical system vocabulary, expand system to additional clinical areas or campus locations, implement EHR upgrade, purchase new software)
- Assess current status against Stage 1 criteria
- Assess current status against Stages 2 and 3 criteria (when criteria become available)
- Manage risk associated with the process of meeting meaningful use
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Fulcrum Meaningful Use Since the beginning of 2011 Seven Client Organizations Representing: Client EHRs:
Helpful Meaningful Use Links CMS Meaningful Use Overview
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