Prime
Clinical Systems, Inc.
3675
E. Huntington Drive, Suite A
Pasadena,
CA 91107
626.449.1705
January
23, 2013
PCM SOFTWARE
ALERT
Meaningful Use/
Menu set, Measure 4: Patient Reminders
Objective: Send
Reminders to Patients per patient
preference for
preventive/follow up care
Dear
PCM Client,
In
preparation for 2014 Meaningful
Use, all practices need to start
looking ahead to be sure that
they are using the automation
built into PCM for properly populating
the Meaningful Use data table
as there will be a requirement
that no manual updating is allowed.
Effective
next PCM update, to protect users
against audits, we are starting
to enforce Measure 4. In order
to qualify for Measure 4, the
Meaningful Use table must contain
the document ID (DOCID) for the
reminder that was sent.
The
Meaningful Use Measure Details
will be changed to:
"Numerator:
Patients from denominator that
have a record in their Meaningful
Use data table for the Event Code
of '5 Patient Reminder Sent'.
The record is added to the Meaningful
Use data table when a user generates
the reminder using the patient
reminder log. It can be manually
updated as well, but for reporting
2013 and beyond, the data table
must also have the DOCID column,
as when reminders are generated,
the proof that reminder was generated
is in that field not being blank.
If patients do not have their
preferences set in the demo editor,
then it will not count either."
See
examples below of valid and invalid
entries:
Important
Notes:
When
generating Patient Reminders
from the Reminders screen,
the document ID always gets
updated. Manually
updating the Meaningful Use
table with Event Code '5 Patient
Reminder Sent' and NOT updating
the document ID will no longer
count towards Meaningful Use. Copies
of all reminders sent are
stored in the chart
For
further questions or assistance,
please contact support@primeclinical.com
Sincerely,
Prime
Clinical Systems, Inc.
PCM
Support
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