Core Requirements for MU2 - 17 of Them!!

Eligible Professionals

Report on all 17 Core Objectives:

1. Use computerized provider order entry (CPOE) for medication, laboratory and radiology orders
2. Generate and transmit permissible prescriptions electronically (eRx)
3. Record demographic information
4. Record and chart changes in vital signs
5. Record smoking status for patients 13 years old or older
6. Use clinical decision support to improve performance on high-priority health conditions
7. Provide patients the ability to view online, download and transmit their health information
8. Provide clinical summaries for patients for each office visit
9. Protect electronic health information created or maintained by the Certified EHR Technology
10. Incorporate clinical lab-test results into Certified EHR Technology
11. Generate lists of patients by specific conditions to use for quality improvement, reduction of disparities, research, or outreach
12. Use clinically relevant information to identify patients who should receive reminders for preventive/follow-up care
13. Use certified EHR technology to identify patient-specific education resources
14. Perform medication reconciliation
15. Provide summary of care record for each transition of care or referral
16. Submit electronic data to immunization registries
17. Use secure electronic messaging to communicate with patients on relevant health information 

From what I can see, our current implementation of NextGen 8.1 satisfies 11 of these requirements. It may also satisfy #9 and #15. We are actively working on meeting #16.

Patient Portal is required for #7.
NextGen 8.3 (5.8) will satisfy the remaining two (#6 and #17)