Patient-specific education resources (MU2)

MU Requirements

Per ONC

Taken from ONC Final Rule

(15) Patient-specific education resources. EHR technology must be able to electronically identify
for a user patient-specific education resources based on data included in the patient's problem
list, medication list, and laboratory tests and values/results:
(i) In accordance with the standard specified at § 170.204(b) and the implementation
specifications at § 170.204(b)(1) or (2); and
(ii) By any means other than the method specified in paragraph (a)(15)(i) of this section.

Below is 170.204(b):
(b) Reference source. Standard. HL7 Version 3 Standard: Context-Aware Retrieval Application
(Infobutton) (incorporated by reference in § 170.299). (1) Implementation specifications.
HL7 Version 3 Implementation Guide: URL-Based Implementations of the Context-Aware
Information Retrieval (Infobutton) Domain, (incorporated by reference in § 170.299).
(2) Implementation specifications. HL7 Version 3 Implementation Guide: Context-Aware
Knowledge Retrieval (Infobutton) Service-Oriented Architecture Implementation Guide,
(incorporated by reference in § 170.299).

Below is from pertinent parts of 170.299:
(5) HL7 Version 3 Standard: Context-Aware Retrieval Application (Infobutton); Release 1,
July 2010, IBR approved for § 170.204.
(6) HL7 Version 3 Implementation Guide: URL-Based Implementations of the Context-
Aware Information Retrieval (Infobutton) Domain, Release 3, December 2010, IBR
approved for § 170.204.
(7) HL7 Version 3 Implementation Guide: Context-Aware Knowledge Retrieval (Infobutton)
Service-Oriented Architecture Implementation Guide, Release 1, HL7 Draft Standard for
Trial Use, March 2011, IBR approved for § 170.204.

Status

Current module(that fulfilled 2011-12 ONC) for this can be found in left menu at Miscellaneous->Patient Education.

Wording appears to be very similar to 2011 ONC guidelines, except for all of the "Infobutton" stuff. So will likely need to await the testing scripts to see if any additional features will be required to pass this criteria for 2014 ONC.

Proposal

This appears to be a nice free tool to acquire patient-specific education automatically based on diagnosis, meds, labs etc. Should even be able to work this into the patient portal, if needed.

• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/connect/overview.html

Links

• OpenEMR Certification Stage II Meaningful Use Main Project Page
• Patient Specific Education resources wiki page for stage I certification