Accuracy of Electronically Reported “Meaningful Use” Clinical Quality Measures

LettersJuly 2, 2013Accuracy of Electronically Reported “Meaningful Use” Clinical Quality MeasuresRobert H. Dolin, MDRobert H. Dolin, MDFrom Lantana Consulting Group and Health Level 7 International, East Thetford, Vermont.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-159-1-201307020-00017 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Let's face it. Although we can challenge Kern and colleagues’ (1) methods (for example, by claiming that electronic health records [EHRs] are much different today than they were in 2008), I don't think that we can challenge their findings. The Achilles’ heel of end-to-end quality reporting from EHRs lies with data capture. The challenges to data capture are many—divergent data requirements (across quality measures, decision support rules, clinical practice guidelines, and others), time pressures, and skepticism (for example, are all these data elements really necessary?)—which can leave providers overwhelmed and resistant.Quality reporting is required under the ...Reference1. Kern LM, Malhotra S, Barrón Y, Quaresimo J, Dhopeshwarkar R, Pichardo M, et al. Accuracy of electronically reported “meaningful use” clinical quality measures: a cross-sectional study. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158:77-83 LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Lantana Consulting Group and Health Level 7 International, East Thetford, Vermont.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoAccuracy of Electronically Reported “Meaningful Use” Clinical Quality Measures Lisa M. Kern , Sameer Malhotra , Yolanda Barrón , Jill Quaresimo , Rina Dhopeshwarkar , Michelle Pichardo , Alison M. Edwards , and Rainu Kaushal Accuracy of Electronically Reported “Meaningful Use” Clinical Quality Measures Lisa M. Kern and Rainu Kaushal Metrics July 2, 2013Volume 159, Issue 1Page: 73KeywordsElectronic medical recordsHealth care qualityHealth information technologyTreatment guidelines ePublished: 2 July 2013 Issue Published: July 2, 2013 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2013 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...