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Practice Fusion · February 3, 2014
Resources to understand CQMs for PQRS and Meaningful Use
If you’re interested in learning more about clinical quality measures (CQMs) that are used for Meaningful Use and the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) in 2014, check out the below slides, including “PQRS Reporting in 2013,” “Using Practice Fusion for PQRS EHR Reporting in 2014,”...
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Practice Fusion · January 31, 2014
Meaningful Use FAQ: Answers to the top Meaningful Use questions
How does the 2014 Meaningful Use Dashboard work? The 2014 Meaningful Use Dashboard is a brand new interactive report that you can use to track your progress on Meaningful Use criteria for either Stage 1 or Stage 2 of Meaningful Use. By charting patient visits...
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Practice Fusion · January 7, 2014
Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs): Measuring and Monitoring Healthcare Quality
Clinical quality measures, also called CQMs, are tools that help us measure and monitor the quality of healthcare and the contribution of healthcare services toward improved health outcomes. In the past, quality measures primarily used data that came from claims, but as technology has improved...
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Sophie Scheidlinger · December 19, 2013
Meaningful Use: Patient Engagement Essential Tips
One of the primary goals of Meaningful Use is to encourage providers to engage patients in their own health care as a means to improve health outcomes. This includes empowering patients to take an active role in their health by giving them access to their...
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Contributing Writer · December 9, 2013
CMS watch: Meaningful Use Stage 3 to begin in 2017, Stage 2 extended through 2016
As announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) on December 6, Stage 2 of Meaningful Use will be extended for an additional year. Stage 3 of the government EHR Incentive Program...
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