Appendix A. Meaningful Use Implementation Assessment
The assessment in this appendix estimates the level of difficulty your organization will have in adopting and complying with the meaningful use guidelines. The form is intended to be completed by an organizational administrator for the entire hospital or clinic. An individual assessment form will appear elsewhere in this book. Please make your best guess for your site or department as a whole.
| Staff Skills Assessment | No Experience | Some Experience | Average Experience | Expert |
| Experience with electronic prescriptions | ||||
| Experience with electronic clinical notes | ||||
| Experience with clinical rules systems | ||||
| Experience with coding using CPT procedure codes | ||||
| Experience with coding using ICD9 diagnostic codes | ||||
| General computer competence | ||||
| Experience with electronic signing | ||||
| Organizational workflow assessment | None of the time | Some of the time | Most of the time | Always |
| Consistent vitals signs collections | ||||
| Collect detailed demographics | ||||
| Perform electronic clinical reporting | ||||
| Conduct internal HIPAA and security audits | ||||
| Provide patient education materials | ||||
| Perform medication reconciliation | ||||
| Provide patients receipts with coding | ||||
| Most patients for the same condition are treated consistently regardless of provider | ||||
| Claims are transmitted in-house by staff electronically | ||||
| Interoperability | Not available | — | — | Available |
| Order labs electronically | — | — | ||
| Electronic lab results | — | — | ||
| Send electronic data such as PDF, CCR, or CCD | — | — | ||
| Receive ElectronicData ... |
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