Incoming Transition of Care Patient - Medication Reconciliation
This lesson will demonstrate the steps necessary to meet the Meaningful Use requirement for Medication Reconciliation. When the eligible provider receives a patient from another setting or provider of care, they should reconcile the patient's medications list.
*REQUIRED FOR MEANINGFUL USE (MU) OPTIONAL MENU SET (CHOOSE 5 OF 10)
MEDICATION RECONCILIATION - Click here to view Meaningful Use Criteria.
Opening the MU Patient Dashboard
Click View > MU Patient Dashboard.
*Note: Make sure that a patient's chart is open and that the patient has an active encounter during the time period the analytics are being gathered.
MU Patient Dashboard - Incoming Transition of Care Patient
At the bottom of the MU Patient Dashboard, Click in the box next to "Incoming Transition of Care Patient" to indicate that this patient is being received from another setting or provider of care.
Indication that Medication Reconciliation has Been Performed
After checking the "Incoming Transition of Care Patient" box, a new item will appear in the MU Patient Dashboard. Click on the words "Medication Reconciliation".
Medication Reconciliation Prompts
Click "Yes" to indicate that the active medications list will be reconciled during the encounter.
Confirmation within the MU Patient Dashboard
A green check mark will replace the red X, to the left of Medication Reconciliation, once the user has acknowledged that the patients Active Medications list will be reconciled during the encounter.
Meaningful Use Dashboard - Medication Reconciliation
To review a provider's statistics for Medication Reconciliation, Click on the SOApware menu > Meaningful Use Dashboard.
Meaningful Use Dashboard - Medication Reconciliation
1. Select a provider.
2. Select a "snapshot" date. (Note: the statistics displayed will be for the 90 days previous to the date selected.)
A green check mark indicates that the item has met the Meaningful Use requirements.
A user is also able to view the percentage met for a particular provider, as well as the numerator and denominator, to the right of the Meaningful Use item.