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Fig. 2.1
The Three Stages of Meaningful Use
submission of certain quality measures. Defining quality and appropriate measures
is itself a complex subject. For our purposes it suffices to recognize that quality
measures are typically either of
process
(did the provider frequently enough do
something that is desired) or of
outcome
(did enough of the provider's patients
achieve a desired result).
The quality measures in Stage 1 are divided into 15 mandatory
Core Measures
a so-called
Menu Set
of 10 measures of which 5 must be done, 3 core
Clinical
Quality Measures
and 38 optional quality measures of which 3 must be done.
The Core and Menu Set measures are further subdivided into groups of measures.
The groups and examples provided here use language taken directly from the
government and may contain unfamiliar terms.
The Stage 1
Core Measures
are divided into four groups and are mostly mea-
sures of process. The four groups are listed below along with an example of one of
the quality measures for each group.
