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Quick StatsPhysician Adoption of Meaningful Use Functionalities
Percent of Physicians with Selected Computerized Capabilities Related to Meaningful Use Objectives
In 2013, physician adoption rates for computerized capabilities related to selected Meaningful Use Stage 1 and Stage 2 objectives ranged from 39% to 83%. About three-quarters or more of physicians had adopted computerized capabilities for recording key patient health information and medication safety and management. Capabilities related to patient engagement, incorporating lab results as structured data, and reporting to immunization registries had lower adoption rates.
| Primary practice location computerized capability | Percent of physicians responding YES to capability | Related Meaningful Use Objective | Stage 1 Core | Stage 2 Core (but not Stage 1 Core) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recording patient history and demographic information | 83% | Record patient demographics | X | |
| Ordering prescriptions | 83% | Use computerized provider order entry (CPOE) for medication orders | X | |
| Sending prescriptions electronically to the pharmacy | 79% | Generate and transmit permissible prescriptions electronically (eRx) | X | |
| Recording lists of patient medications and allergies | 77% | Maintain active medication list/Maintain active medication allergy list | X | |
| Recording and charting vital signs | 76% | Record and chart changes in vital signs | X | |
| Recording patient smoking status | 76% | Record patient smoking status | X | |
| Recording patient problem lists | 75% | Maintain up-to-date problem list of current and active diagnoses | X | |
| Providing warnings of drug interactions or contraindications | 74% | Implement drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction checks | X | |
| Reconciling lists of patient medications to identify the most accurate list | 74% | Perform medication reconciliation when receiving a patient from another setting of care or provider of care | X | |
| Ordering lab tests | 69% | Use computerized provider order entry (CPOE) for medication, laboratory, and radiology orders | X | |
| Providing patients with clinical summaries for each visit | 68% | Provide clinical summaries for patients after for each office visit | X | |
| Identifying education resources for patients specific conditions | 60% | Use clinically relevant information from Certified EHR Technology to identify patient-specific education resources | X | |
| Generating lists of patients with particular health conditions | 58% | Generate lists of patients by specific conditions | X | |
| Providing reminders for guideline-based interventions or screening tests | 57% | Implement one clinical decision support rule | X | |
| Exchanging secure messages with patients | 49% | Use secure electronic messaging to communicate with patients on relevant health information | X | |
| Automatically graphing a specific patients lab results over time | 47% | Incorporate clinical lab test results into Certified EHR Technology as structured data | X | |
| Providing patients the ability to VDT information from their medical record | 42% | Provide patients the ability to view online, download and transmit their health information | X | |
| Electronic reporting to immunization registries | 39% | Capability to submit electronic data to immunization registries or immunization information systems except where prohibited | X |
VDT is ‘view online, download or transmit’. Data represent non-federal office-based physicians providing direct patient care in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, excluding radiologists, anesthesiologists, and pathologists.