Eligible professionals must
satisfy all of the objectives in the Core Set.
Review summary of Menu Set Objectives here ››
Improving Quality, Safety, Efficiency, and
Reducing Health Disparities
Implement Drug Formulary Checks
Enable a user
to electronically check if drugs are in a formulary or preferred drug
list.
Lab Results into EHR
Incorporate clinical
lab-test results into certified EHR technology as structured data
Patient List
Generate lists of patients by
specific conditions to use for quality improvement, reduction of
disparities, research or outreach.
Patient Reminders
Send reminders to patients
per patient preference for preventive/ follow up care.
Engage Patients and Families in their Health
Care
Timely Electronic Access to Health Information
Provide patients with timely electronic access to their
health information (including lab results, problem list, medication
lists, medication allergies) within four business days of the
information being available to the eligible professional.
Patient Specific Education
Use certified EHR
technology to identify patient-specific education resources and provide
those resources to the patient if appropriate.
Improve Care Coordination
Medication Reconciliation
Enable a user to
electronically compare two or more medication lists.
Summary of Care
The Eligible Professional,
eligible hospital or Critical Access Hospital who transitions their
patient to another setting of care or provider of care or refers their
patient to another provider of care should provide summary of care
record for each transition of care or referral.
Improve Population and Public Health
Immunization Registries
Capability to submit electronic data to immunization registries or Immunization Information Systems and actual submission in accordance with applicable law and practice.
Syndromic Surveillance
Capability to submit electronic syndromic surveillance data to public health agencies and actual submission in accordance with applicable law and practice
Important Notes
These lists, generated by the MMS, provide only a summary of objectives for eligible professionals. It should not be your principal source for determining your eligibility for Meaningful Use funds.
The official CMS website on Meaningful Use is available here.
