6. Medication Allergy List

This lesson will demonstrate the steps necessary to meet the Meaningful Use requirement for maintaining a medication allergy list.

Version: SOAPware version 7.0.2 or later must be used

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Measure Criteria

Objective: Maintain active medication allergy list.

Measure: More than 80% of all unique patients seen by the eligible provider have at least one entry (or an indication that the patient has no known medication allergies) recorded as structured data.

Exclusion: No exclusion.

Measure Calculation

Denominator: Number of unique patients seen by the EP during the EHR reporting period.

Numerator: Number of unique patients in the denominator who have at least one entry (or an indication that the patient has no known medication allergies) recorded as structured data in their medication allergy list.

Threshold: The resulting percentage must be more than 80%.

CMS Resources

For more detailed information on this measure, please click on the reference link below. This CMS documentation includes information on exclusions, attestation requirements, a definition of terms, and important additional information.

Reference CMS: Medication Allergy List

SOAPware Meaningful Use 2014 Resource Center

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