Meaningful Use Involving the CMS Website

Go to the HealthIT.Gov website for information on Meaningful Use:

What are the goals of the Meaningful Use program?
There are three stages of Meaningful Use. How does each stage build upon the previous one?
Choose four of the Meaningful Use Criteria from on the table below, which is from the website: https://www.healthit.gov/providers-professionals/how-attain-meaningful-use
What are some things a healthcare organization can do to meet each criteria that you chose?

Stage 1:	Stage 2:	Stage 3:
Meaningful use criteria focus on:	Meaningful use criteria focus on:	Meaningful use criteria focus on:
Electronically capturing health information in a standardized format	More rigorous health information exchange (HIE)	Improving quality, safety, and efficiency, leading to improved health outcomes
Using that information to track key clinical conditions	Increased requirements for e-prescribing and incorporating lab results	Decision support for national high-priority conditions
Communicating that information for care coordination processes	Electronic transmission of patient care summaries across multiple settings	Patient access to self-management tools
Initiating the reporting of clinical quality measures and public health information	More patient-controlled data	Access to comprehensive patient data through patient-centered HIE
Using information to engage patients and their families in their care		Improving population health