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Meaningful Use of EHR Technology

Eligible providers must use EHR technology in a way that conforms to guidelines set by the Department of Health and Human Services in order for them to be considered “meaningful users” of EHR technology. In accordance with these guidelines, eligible providers must satisfy 15 core requirements and 5 out of 10 menu set requirements.


How to Achieve Meaningful Use with the MTBC EHR

You can view the “meaningful use” requirements in the charts below, view more information about each requirement by clicking on the PDF icons, and view a video demonstration of how to use MTBC’s EHR in order to actually satisfy that requirement.

Core Measures


# Objective Measure Demo
C01 Use computerized provider order entry (CPOE) for medication orders. 30%
C02 Implement drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction checks. Enabled
C03 Maintain an up-to-date problem list of current and active diagnoses. 80%
C04 Generate and transmit permissible prescriptions electronically (eRx). 40%
C05 Maintain active medication list. 80%
C06 Maintain active medication allergy list. 80%
C07 Record all of the following demographics: Language, Gender, Race, Ethnicity, DOB. 50%
C08 Record and chart changes in the following vital signs: Height, Weight, BP, BMI, Growth Charts. 50%
C09 Record smoking status for patients 13 years old or older. 50%
C10 Report ambulatory clinical quality measures to CMS or, in the case of Medicaid eligible providers, the States. Provide aggregate figures
C11 Implement one clinical decision support rule relevant to specialty or high clinical priority along with the ability to track compliance with that rule. 1 Rule
C12 Provide patients with an electronic copy of their health information (including diagnostics test results, problem list, medication lists, medication allergies) upon request. 50% of requests
C13 Provide clinical summaries for patients for each office visit. 50%
C14 Capability to exchange key clinical information (for example, problem list, medication list, allergies, and diagnostic test results), among providers of care and patient authorized entities electronically. 1 Test
C15 Protect electronic health information created or maintained by the certified EHR technology through the implementation of appropriate technical capabilities. 1 Test

Menu Measures


# Objective Measure Demo
M01 Implement drug formulary checks. Enabled
M02 Incorporate clinical lab-test results into EHR as structured data. 40%
M03 Generate patient lists by specific conditions to use for quality improvement, reduction of disparities, research, or outreach. 1 Report
M04 Send patient reminders per patient preference for preventive/follow-up care. 20% of >65y or <5
M05 Provide patients with timely electronic access to their health information (including lab results, problem list, medication lists, and allergies) within 4 business days of the information being available to the eligible providers. 10%
M06 Use certified EHR technology to identify patient-specific education resources and provide those resources to the patient if appropriate. 10%
M07 The eligible providers who receives a patient from another setting of care or provider of care or believes an encounter is relevant should perform medication reconciliation. 50%
M08 The eligible provider 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 care record for each transition of care or referral. 50%
M09 Capability to submit electronic data to immunization registries or immunization information systems and actual submission according to applicable law and practice. 1 Test Coming Soon
M10 Capability to submit electronic syndromic surveillance data to public health agencies and actual submission according to applicable law and practice. 1 Test Coming Soon