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New Features and Enhancements in Centricity EMR 9.5. M. Zaroukian. Slides with a orange background will be scheduled for implementation in the weeks following the upgrade. They will not be activated at Go-Live on 08/08/2011. 1. Associating Medications With Coded Problems/Diagnoses .
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New Features and Enhancements in Centricity EMR 9.5 M. Zaroukian Slides with a orange background will be scheduled for implementation in the weeks following the upgrade. They will not be activated at Go-Live on 08/08/2011. 1
Enhanced documentation and display of allergies and drug interactions
Weight-based dosing and alerts • Interprets free text Rx instructions (“1 poqd “or “Take one tablet by mouth daily”) and converts to clinical data • Displays maximum single dose amount, unit of measure, and number of administrations per day.
Patient access to health information • Send PHI as CCD • Receive in CCD and CCR format.
Protect patient data stored in removable/portable devices • Supports use of standards-based encrypted format using triple-DES (3DES) or Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) • PHI stored on portable storage devices (thumb-drives, CD-ROM, PDA, Notebook) should always be encrypted using of a standards-based encrypted format. • GE recommends TrueCrypt (open source)
New and enhanced clinical content • Centricity Clinical Content (CCC) • Cardiovascular procedures and history • Vital Signs-2-CCC form • Diabetes Q&E-CCC • CPOE Anticoagulation-CCC • Lipid Q&E-CCC • Medication Administration-CCC • Immunization Management-CCC
Import lab results as signed or unsigned based on abnormal results setting • Automatically signed • Signed with additional signatures required • Unsigned • Lets you determine when to make labs available in CCD format in response to a patient request on a Patient health Web portal. • Normal results may be signed automatically and posted while abnormal results cannot be sent until physician has reviewed and signed.
Support for Meaningful Use reporting • GEHC offers Web-based reporting and data submission services to assist your organization in achieving Meaningful Use. • Quality Reporting Services are hosted by the Medical Quality Improvement Consortium (MQIC).
Advanced ePrescribing • Add to Current Meds button on the medication fill history window lets you add items from pharmacy medication history to a patient's medication list.
Centricity Business and Centricity EMR integration • Registration and Scheduling handled in Centricity Business (CB) • EMR orders can be set up to automatically generate charges CB billing modules