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Stage 1

 

Clinical Decision Support Rule
Objective	Implement one clinical decision support rule relevant to specialty or high clinical priority along with the ability to track compliance with that rule.
Measure	Implement one clinical decision support rule.
Exclusion	No exclusion.

 

Definition of Terms

Clinical Decision Support - HIT functionality that builds upon the foundation of an EHR to provide persons involved in care processes with general and person specific information, intelligently filtered and organized, at appropriate times, to enhance health and health care.

 

Attestation Requirements

YES / NO

Eligible professionals (EPs) must attest YES to reporting to having implemented one clinical decision support rule for the length of the reporting period to meet the measure.

Additional Information

• CMS will not issue additional guidance on the selection of appropriate clinical decision support rules for stage 1 Meaningfule use. This determination is best left to the EP taking into account their workflow, patient population, and quality of improvement efforts.

• Drug to drug and drug to allergy interaction alerts cannot be used to meet the meaningful use objective for implementing one clinical decision support rule. EP's must implement one clinical decision support rule in addtion to drug to drug and drug to allergy interaction checks.

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