Achieve Meaningful Use Objectives

The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs provide a financial incentive for achieving “meaningful use”, which is the use of certified EHR technology to achieve health and efficiency goals. This section provides an overview of the Stage 1 and Stage 2 EHR meaningful use core and menu objectives for eligible professionals (EPs) as outlined by CMS – which are intended to set a baseline for electronic data capture and information sharing.

The meaningful use objectives are grouped into five patient-driven domains that relate to health outcomes policy priorities. Each core and menu objective is aligned to one of the following domains:

Domain Objectives

• Improve Quality, Safety, Efficiency
  • Core Objectives
  • Menu Objectives
• Engage Patients & Families
  • Core Objectives
  • Menu Objectives
• Improve Care Coordination
  • Core Objectives
  • Menu Objectives
• Improve Public and Population Health
  • Menu Objectives
• Ensure Privacy and Security for Personal Health Information
  • Core Objectives

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