An EMR contains the standard medical and clinical data gathered in one provider’s office. EHRs go beyond the data collected in the provider’s office and include a more comprehensive patient history.
EHRs place accurate and complete information about patients’ health and medical history at providers’ fingertips.
Electronic health record (EHR) systems can decrease the fragmentation of care by improving care coordination.
The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs provide a financial incentive for achieving “meaningful use”, which is the use of certified EHR technology to achieve health and efficiency goals. This section provides an overview of the EHR meaningful use core and menu objectives for eligible professionals – which are intended to set a baseline for electronic data capture and information sharing.
The meaningful use objectives are grouped into five patient-driven domains that relate to health outcomes policy priorities. Each core and menu objective is aligned to one of the following domains: