Usage & Benefits Measurements Requirements for VCUR 2008 EMR Solutions
The following information is one part of POSP's Program Guidelines. Please reference
the complete guidelines as needed.
1. For all VCUR 2008 EMR solutions, a physician is required to
meet usage and benefit measures as outlined below. A physician who
is unable to meet these usage and benefit measures is subject to
the conditions outlined in the General Guidelines
section of these overall program guidelines.
Benefits Survey
2. The physician is required to complete and submit a benefits
survey no later than one year after Milestone 3 (Go-live) is
achieved and annually after this milestone date. The physician will
be notified by email about the survey and receive instructions on
how to complete it.
Usage Measurement Requirements
3. The physician will provide usage reports generated by the EMR
solution when available.
4. Usage data shall be submitted to POSP six months after
Milestone 3 (Go-live) and then monthly after this milestone date.
The data submitted shall be that data produced by the reporting
mechanism within the EMR solution.
5. POSP reimbursement for eligible costs is not related to the
actual values or levels of the data submitted.
Usage Measures
| Data Ref # |
Data Element |
| Patient Data Security |
| 1 |
The number of times the audit log was run |
| Referrals |
| 2 |
The number of times a new referral was created |
| 3 |
The number of times a new consultation letter was created |
| Schedule |
| 4 |
The number of appointments in the scheduler |
| Diagnostic Imaging |
| 5 |
The number of diagnostic image text reports acted on |
| Lab |
| 6 |
The number of lab results acted on |
| Prescribing |
| 7 |
The number of times a new prescription was created or a renewal
prescription was generated |
| 8 |
The number of times patient medication information in PIN was
viewed through the system to system integration with PIN |
| Patient Profile/Encounters |
| 9 |
The number of encounters where a patient chart was
accessed |
| 10 |
The number of encounters where the patient’s Netcare parameter
launched browser was initiated |
| 11 |
The number of encounters for which notes have been entered |
| 12 |
The number of encounters where a problem list was updated |
| 13 |
The number of encounters where an allergy list was updated |
| 14 |
The number of encounters where an immunization record was
updated |
| 15 |
The number of encounters where vital signs were entered |
| 16 |
The number of encounters where a patient’s smoking status was
updated |
| Billing |
| 17 |
The number of encounters with a billing code attached |
| General |
| 18 |
The number of times a physician responded to an automatic
alert |
| 19 |
The number of times a physician responded to an automatic
reminder |