Smoking Status
MU Requirements
Meaningful Use Measures:
At least 80% of all unique patients 13 years old or older have “smoking status” recorded.
Certification Criteria for EHR:
Enable a user to electronically record, modify, and retrieve the smoking status of a patient to: current smoker, former smoker, or never smoked.
From CCHIT:
AR.EP.J.1 The technology shall have the ability to record smoking status.
Proposed Solution
1. Expand the use of Tobacco field as in Patient History/Lifestyle.
Tobacco Use: O Current Quit: [Date] O Never
Do the same for alcohol use, caffeine use, and recreational drug use.
2. Link to Smoking Cessation Health Plan (see Clinical Decision Rule) based on Current status. This allows the patient to sign up for the plan and be included for reporting and additional patient care.
Effected Code, Tables, etc
Owner and Status
Thomas Wong (Intesync)
Status as of 1/30/2010: 100% completed
