Objective 4: Computarized Provider Order Entry
- Dylan Nigh
Analytics
This is an article in a series of articles describing each objective to meet the requirements for the 2019 Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Objectives. You can access the other objectives by clicking the corresponding links below.
Objective 4: Computarized Provider Order Entry <---
Objective 5: Patient Electronic Access To Health Information
Objective 6: Coordination Of Care Through Patient Engagement
Objective 8: Public Health And Clinical Data Registry Reporting
Objective: Use computerized provider order entry (CPOE) for medication, laboratory, and diagnostic imaging orders directly entered by any licensed healthcare professional, credentialed medical assistant, or a medical staff member credentialed to and performing the equivalent duties of a credentialed medical assistant, who can enter orders into the medical record per state, local, and professional guidelines.
Measure 1: More than 60 percent of medication orders created by the EP or Start Printed Page 62841authorized providers of the eligible hospital or CAH inpatient or emergency department (POS 21 or 23) during the EHR reporting period are recorded using computerized provider order entry;
Denominator: Number of medication orders created by the EP or authorized providers in the eligible hospital or CAH inpatient or emergency department (POS 21 or 23) during the EHR reporting period.
Numerator: The number of orders in the denominator recorded using CPOE.
Threshold: The resulting percentage must be more than 60 percent in order for an EP, eligible hospital, or CAH to meet this measure.
Exclusion: Any EP who writes fewer than 100 medication orders during the EHR reporting period.
Measure 2: More than 60 percent of laboratory orders created by the EP or authorized providers of the eligible hospital or CAH inpatient or emergency department (POS 21 or 23) during the EHR reporting period are recorded using computerized provider order entry; and
Denominator: Number of laboratory orders created by the EP or authorized providers in the eligible hospital or CAH inpatient or emergency department (POS 21 or 23) during the EHR reporting period.
Numerator: The number of orders in the denominator recorded using CPOE.
Threshold: The resulting percentage must be more than 60 percent in order for an EP, eligible hospital, or CAH to meet this measure.
Exclusion: Any EP who writes fewer than 100 laboratory orders during the EHR reporting period.
Measure 3: More than 60 percent of diagnostic imaging orders created by the EP or authorized providers of the eligible hospital or CAH inpatient or emergency department (POS 21 or 23) during the EHR reporting period are recorded using computerized provider order entry.
Denominator: Number of diagnostic imaging orders created by the EP or authorized providers in the eligible hospital or CAH inpatient or emergency department (POS 21 or 23) during the EHR reporting period.
Numerator: The number of orders in the denominator recorded using CPOE.
Threshold: The resulting percentage must be more than 60 percent in order for an EP, eligible hospital, or CAH to meet this measure.
Exclusion: Any EP who writes fewer than 100 diagnostic imaging orders during the EHR reporting period.
We are adopting Objective 4: Computerized Provider Order Entry at § 495.24(d)(4)(i) for EPs and § 495.24(d)(4)(ii) for eligible hospitals and CAHs. We further specify that in order to meet this objective and measures, an EP, eligible hospital, or CAH must use the capabilities and standards of as defined for as defined CEHRT at § 495.4. We direct readers to section II.B.3 of this final rule with comment period for a discussion of the definition of CEHRT and a table referencing the capabilities and standards that must be used for each measure.
This is met with the use of the Orders Ability.
The provider must be marked CPOE. To mark a MacPractice User, navigate to the References Ability and select the User Node, then check the "Is CPOE" checkbox. Be sure to enter a start date, which can be as early as when the user became a licensed healthcare professional.
You can check the progress of this with Reports > Measure Calculations > CPOE