System Requirements

Do I have to have an interface for Quality Measures in Stage 2 of Meaningful Use?

No – Initially, CMS indicated plans to require electronic submissions for Clinical Quality Measure (CQM) data but no specifications were provided and the electronic submission requirement was later retracted. The current process for submitting Quality Measures remains acceptable. More information is available on the CMS website.

Who should our hospital contact when we are ready to proceed with Meaningful Use Stage 2?

Please contact your Evident Sales Account Manager. They will review the sales matrix with each site to ensure that each required application or interface has been purchased. Once this is reviewed, and all items are purchased, your facility will be assigned to a Meaningful Use Representative for further direction and discussion.

What version of the Thrive software should our hospital be running to attest for Meaningful Use in 2014?

Each facility should be running Version 19 (CMS 2014 version) in order to attest for Meaningful Use Stage 1 or Stage 2 in the fiscal year of 2014.

Since the Thrive system has certified as a “Complete EHR”, does this mean that our hospital must possess all applications Evident used to certify for 2014 Meaningful Use?

All EPs, EHs and CAHs must have EHR technology certified to the 2014 Edition EHR certification criteria that meets the Base EHR definition and would support the objectives, measures, and their ability to successfully report the Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs), for the Meaningful Use stage that they seek to achieve. CMS reiterates that an EP, EH or CAH must continue to possess all of a certified Complete EHR or certified EHR Module (i.e., the capabilities for which certification is required) in order to receive the benefit of such certification. An EP, EH or CAH cannot purchase or possess only “components” of a certified Complete EHR or certified EHR Module for the purposes of meeting the CEHRT definition. That is, unless independently certified, those “components” could not be used to meet the CEHRT definition.