Patient Electronic Access

Configuring RPMS-EHR for Meaningful Use

Resource Patient Management System

Presenters:

Jamie Furniss, RHIT, CCS-P

Kelly Stewart, MS, RHIA

Maria Strom, RHIT, CHPS

Electronic Access to Health Information

Training Objectives

• Understand the MU objective and the measure

• Describe the data patients can access• Examine the privacy policy, terms & conditions

Patient Electronic Access

Objective and Measure

Provide patients with timely electronic access to their health information (including lab results, problem list, medication lists, medication allergies) within four business days of the information being available to the EP.At least 10% of all unique patients seen by the provider during the EHR reporting period are provided timely (available to the patient within four business days of being updated in the certified EHR technology) electronic access to their health information subject to the EP's discretion to withhold certain information.

Patient Electronic Access

MU Measure

Type of Measure: Rate

The number of unique patients in the denominator who have timely (available to the patient within

four business days of being updated in the certified EHR technology) electronic access to their health

information online. ≥10%The number of unique patients seen by the EP during the EHR reporting period.

Patient Electronic Access

RPMS Reporting Logic

Denominator Inclusions:COUNT: each patient

HAVING: one or more face-to-face visits with the provider (Service Category of A, S, O, or M) during the EHR reporting period

Patient Electronic Access

RPMS Reporting Logic

Numerator Inclusions:COUNT: each patient in the denominator

WHEN: EP answers “Yes” to having access to the Personal Health Record (PHR)

Patient Electronic Access

RPMS Reporting Logic

Measure Exclusion:• A provider who neither orders nor creates lab tests

or information that would be contained in the problem list, medication list, medication allergy list (or other information as listed at 45 CFR 170.304(g)) may be excluded from this measure and will have to attest to this in separate documentation to CMS. The MU Report will not take any potential exclusion of this measure into account.

Patient Electronic Access

What HIM Needs to Know

• The status of PHR deployment• Understand HIM’s role as co-owners of PHR

Administration • Begin to prepare for your role as PHR

Registrar

Patient Electronic Access

Configuration

• Facility must be connected and configured to use the PHR

Patient Electronic Access

The IHS PHR

Patient Electronic Access

Policy and Procedure

•Privacy Policy•Patient Consent

Patient Electronic Access

Questions & Discussion

Electronic Access to Health Information