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Tell me about "meaningful use" for EMR please. Does this mean docs can no longer dictate - MT20
Posted: Nov 07, 2012
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No, it does not mean they can no longer dictate - Ayn
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See the first paragraph in this link...
http://www.medicity.com/meaningful-use-101.html
Meaningful use means they use the information in the electronic medical record in a meaningful way -- sharing information between systems, data mining, etc.
It does not regulate in any way how the information is entered into the EMR, so yes they can still dictate.
Meant can they no longer dictate long narratives? - MT20
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they can dictate whatever they want - ...
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in general, meaningful use refers to the capture of health data and the way in which the data is used to track patient care. It has nothing to do with dictation.
Actually this does impact dictation - MT
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Meaningful use requires that the data be structured data. That's not narratives, which is why so much is being said about how this will impact transcription. What we do is not structured data, meaning it's not data tagged so that it can be extracted to provide the information required for meaningful use. I do believe it will impact transcription.
agree that it does impact dictation... - sm
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particularly in certain disciplines and certain practice types. Regardless, no amount of tagged data will produce an operative report or a specialist's consultation.
Yes. Doctors can still dictate! - Dina
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As it pertains to the EHR, reports can be generated by doctors one of three ways: point-and-click, VR, and traditional dictation. The way the report is generated depends on the doctor's preference.
But not as it pertains to meaningful use - Leaving MT
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To meet the government-mandated meaningful use requirement, the data needs to be structured data and not in narrative form. That definitely impacts transcription.
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