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| − | Stage one of meaningful use include a core objective that users be able to record demographic information, including preferred language, gender, race, ethnicity, date of birth, and date and preliminary cause of death in the event of mortality in the eligible hospital. Stage one includes a corresponding | + | Stage one of meaningful use include a core objective that users be able to record demographic information, including preferred language, gender, race, ethnicity, date of birth, and date and preliminary cause of death in the event of mortality in the eligible hospital. Stage one includes a corresponding core measure that more than 50% of all unique patients seen by the EP or admitted to the hospital have demographics as recorded structured data. |
Prior to WorldVistA EHR 2.0, VISTA did not include anything like a preferred language field attached to patients, nor did it include the necessary options to set or modify it. This part of the project was about resolving this deficiency to help WorldVistA EHR 2.0 become a certified EHR hospitals could use to meet meaningful use stage one. | Prior to WorldVistA EHR 2.0, VISTA did not include anything like a preferred language field attached to patients, nor did it include the necessary options to set or modify it. This part of the project was about resolving this deficiency to help WorldVistA EHR 2.0 become a certified EHR hospitals could use to meet meaningful use stage one. | ||
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Meaningful-use Requirement
Stage one of meaningful use include a core objective that users be able to record demographic information, including preferred language, gender, race, ethnicity, date of birth, and date and preliminary cause of death in the event of mortality in the eligible hospital. Stage one includes a corresponding core measure that more than 50% of all unique patients seen by the EP or admitted to the hospital have demographics as recorded structured data.
Prior to WorldVistA EHR 2.0, VISTA did not include anything like a preferred language field attached to patients, nor did it include the necessary options to set or modify it. This part of the project was about resolving this deficiency to help WorldVistA EHR 2.0 become a certified EHR hospitals could use to meet meaningful use stage one.
