Longitudinal Medical Record
e-Newsletter
Volume 2. Number 1
IN THIS ISSUE
Monday, March 1, 2010
March 1,
2010 - State Regulations Require LMR Secure E-mail Communication
Top of Page
On March 1, 2010 state and federal
regulations will go into effect that requires e-mail, containing protected
health information PHI, be sent in a secure manner.
Today, the majority of e-mail
communications originating from the LMR contain PHI. Therefore, starting March
1, 2010 the LMR will be programmatically secure all outbound e-mail
to ensure LMR users have an effortless way to comply with this regulatory
mandate.
How will this affect me as an LMR User?
As a sender of e-mail from the LMR your
workflow will not change. LMR will automatically secure all outbound e-mail
communications.
Please note – As the sender you will receive a ‘read receipt’ when
the recipient has opened the secure e-mail message. This read receipt will arrive in your
primary e-mail system.
How will this affect the recipient of my e-mail?
The recipient of your e-mail will
need to complete a one-time registration process to become a recipient of
secure messages from Partners. The
retrieval of future secure messages will require the password created in the
initial registration process.
The recipients of your secure e-mail
will be provided with help pages as well as other support services to assist them
if they have difficulty retrieving the secure e-mail.
If a recipient contacts you regarding a
secure e-mail they received, you can refer the recipient to the following
help and FAQ pages:
Secure e-mail help -
https://securemail.ironport.com/websafe/help?topic=RegEnvelope
Secure e-mail
Frequently Asked Questions -
https://securemail.ironport.com/websafe/help?topic=FAQ
Meaningful Use definition released on January 13, 2010 Top of Page
On February 17,
2009, a $787 billion dollar stimulus bill known as the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act 2009 (ARRA) was signed into law. A $19.2 billion dollar
portion of the stimulus focuses specifically on the improvements within the
healthcare industry. This section of the stimulus is known as the Health
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). The
HITECH Act provides incentive payments to doctors and hospitals that adopt and
meaningfully use health information technology.
On January 13,
2010, CMS released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) establishing the
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program and The Office of the National
Coordinator for Healthcare Information Technology published an Interim Final
Rule (IFR) establishing the Initial Set of Standards, Implementation
Specifications and Certification Criteria for EHR Technology.
Meaningful use is linked to the national goals
of improving quality, safety and efficiency, care coordination, engaging
patients in their care, increasing coordination of care, improving the health
status of the population and ensuring privacy and security. Under each broad
heading, the proposal lays out a series of objectives and quality reporting
measures to be reached in 2011, 2013, and 2015.
Stage 1
meaningful use objectives will measure providers use
of many LMR functions. Examples include:
·
Generate and transmit permissible
prescriptions electronically (eRx)
·
Maintain active medication lists
·
Maintain an up-to-date problem list
·
Record and chart changes in vital
signs
Click here for more information about
meaningful use
Microsoft Health Users Group
selects LMR-based ASTER project as recipient of the 2010 Innovation Award Top of Page
The Microsoft Health Users Group has selected the ASTER project as
the recipient of the 2010 Innovation Award. The recognition is for the best
clinical or patient information system in an ambulatory care setting that enables
medical groups to improve the quality of patient care through chronic condition
management, streamlining and increasing productivity, collaboration, and
decreasing costs.
"ASTER" stands for: "ADE Spontaneous Triggered
Event Reporting". The ASTER study was a proof of concept for a new model
of gathering and automatically reporting adverse drug events (ADEs). The design downloaded data directly from the LMR to
the FDA in the proper formats for electronic reporting of individual case
safety reports. The pilot went live in December 2008 and completed in June
2009. The pilot is the first successful transfer of safety reports directly
from an electronic health record into the FDA.
The ASTER project is a collaboration of the following
organizations and individuals:
For more information about the ASTER
project click here -
http://www.asterstudy.com/
Did you Know? LMR system macros can auto-populate
information into a patient note Top of Page
Did you know when creating
a free form or structured custom template you can add system macros to
auto-populate information into a patient note?
When in free form or structured notes
enter one of the macro names listed below and the patient or PCP information
will populate based on the macro selected.
System macros
include patient demographic information and some PCP information:
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LMR
System - Patient Macros |
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Patient
Name |
..name |
Patient
Work Phone |
..phw |
|
Patient
Address |
..addr |
Patient
e-mail |
..email |
|
Patient
Age |
..age |
Patient
Last Visit |
..visitl |
|
Patient
Gender |
..gender |
Patient
Next Visit |
..visitn |
|
Patient
DOB |
..dob |
Patient
MRN |
..mrn |
|
Patient
Home Phone |
..phh |
All
Patient Info |
..ptinfo |
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LMR
System – PCP Macros |
|||
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PCP
Name |
..pcpname |
PCP
Address |
..pcpaddr |
|
PCP
Name and Address |
..pcpinfo |
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