In the past, hospitals' quality reporting initiatives primarily involved abstractors converting clinicians' unstructured data into reportable formats—a cumbersome and expensive approach to meeting The Joint Commission accreditation requirements and complying with CMS reporting measures. The government's Meaningful Use mandate is the first major push to initiate quality reporting utilizing data pulled directly from EHRs.

Today, hospitals using MEDITECH's EHR solution are generating reports by capturing structured, standards-based data using clinicians' routine documentation. Intimate knowledge of the electronic submission of quality reports is crucial, especially as we embark on the stringent quality reporting standards associated with Meaningful Use Stage 2. MEDITECH's collaborative solutions provider, Medisolv, provides MEDITECH customers with the expertise in quality reporting for all stages of Meaningful Use as well as CMS and The Joint Commission quality reporting programs.

Meeting the Meaningful Use quality reporting measures requires the close collaboration between clinicians, I.T. staff, and the quality department. Medisolv works closely with hospitals' technical and clinical staff, and its experienced team provides MEDITECH customers with data capture optimization guidelines to support their Meaningful Use reporting initiatives, and will provide submission services as soon as e-Measure reporting with CMS is available.

Recently, several MEDITECH customers shared their appreciation of Medisolv's help in meeting the Meaningful Use quality reporting mandates:

Andrea Connors, Application Manager, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton (Milton, MA)
Utilizing Medisolv and MEDITECH's Data Repository solution to achieve Meaningful Use quality reporting

"The folks at Medisolv truly understand each Meaningful Use measure, and what it takes to capture the required data from MEDITECH. Whenever we had a question about quality reporting, their expertise pointed us in the right direction and helped us meet all of the reporting requirements for Stage 1 attestation."

Pam Feeler, Director of Nursing Informatics, Phelps County Regional Medical Center (Rolla, MO)
Relying on Medisolv's clinical and technical expertise

"Medisolv's team offered the clinical and technical resources we needed to successfully attest. Their staff are very knowledgeable about the measure requirements, clinical processes, as well as reporting details. We would likely not be attesting for Stage 1 this year without their help and expertise."

Andy Price, Programmer Analyst, Holyoke Medical Center (Holyoke, MA)
Leveraging quality data using Medisolv's Indigo product

"Indigo's automated, color-coded dashboards enable me to create indicators for all VTE, Stroke, and ED Throughput quality measures, using real-time data. The folks at Medisolv were always available to answer my technical questions, whether it be on-site or via WebEx or phone. Their support enabled our hospital to get the most of our Indigo solution."

Check out Medisolv's product page for more information about achieving Meaningful Use using Medisolv's reporting solutions.