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MU Stage 3

Patient Electronic Access to Health Information

a) Patient Electronic Access

For more than 80 percent of all unique patients seen by the EP:

1) The patient (or the patient-authorized representative) is provided timely access to view online, download, and transmit his or her health information; and

2) The provider ensures the patient’s health information is available for the patient (or patient-authorized representative) to access using any application of their choice that is configured to meet the technical specifications of the Application Programming Interface (API) in the provider’s CEHRT.

Denominator: The number of unique patients seen by the EP during the EHR reporting period.

Numerator: The number of patients in the denominator (or patient authorized representative) who are provided timely access to health information to view online, download, and transmit to a third party and to access using an application of their choice that is configured to meet the technical specifications of the API in the provider’s CEHRT.

ChARM EHR Workflow:

If patient didn't have a PHR account, send an invitation within 2 business days from the date of office visit.

You can send PHR invitation while registering new patients. For existing patients, you can send invite from Patient Details > Demographics section.

b) Provide patient-specific education

The EP must use clinically relevant information from CEHRT to identify patient-specific educational resources and provide electronic access to those materials to more than 35 percent of unique patients seen by the EP during the EHR reporting period.

Denominator: The number of unique patients seen by the EP during the EHR reporting period.

Numerator: The number of patients in the denominator who were provided electronic access to patient-specific educational resources using clinically relevant information identified from CEHRT during the EHR reporting period.

ChARM EHR Workflow:

Provide PHR access to patients and share handouts and educational materials from Encounter > Handouts section.