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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	Â	Â	Â	Â
Experience with electronic clinical notes	Â	Â	Â	Â
Experience with clinical rules systems	Â	Â	Â	Â
Experience with coding using CPT procedure codes	Â	Â	Â	Â
Experience with coding using ICD9 diagnostic codes	Â	Â	Â	Â
General computer competence	Â	Â	Â	Â
Experience with electronic signing	Â	Â	Â	Â
Organizational workflow assessment	None of the time	Some of the time	Most of the time	Always
Consistent vitals signs collections	Â	Â	Â	Â
Collect detailed demographics	Â	Â	Â	Â
Perform electronic clinical reporting	Â	Â	Â	Â
Conduct internal HIPAA and security audits	Â	Â	Â	Â
Provide patient education materials	Â	Â	Â	Â
Perform medication reconciliation	Â	Â	Â	Â
Provide patients receipts with coding	Â	Â	Â	Â
Most patients for the same condition are treated consistently regardless of provider	Â	Â	Â	Â
Claims are transmitted in-house by staff electronically	Â	Â	Â	Â
Interoperability	Not available	—	—	Available
Order labs electronically	Â	—	—	Â
Electronic lab results ...