CDC to Walk EHR Vendors Through Stage 2 Cancer Reporting Measure
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has scheduled a series of six calls with electronic health records vendors to walk through the Stage 2 meaningful use public health menu objective for reporting cancer cases to a cancer registry.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has scheduled a series of six calls with electronic health records vendors to walk through the Stage 2 meaningful use public health menu objective for reporting cancer cases to a cancer registry.
The calls are designed to enable vendors to ask questions and receive technical assistance as they develop the required reporting capability. The one-hour calls, starting at 3 p.m. EST, are scheduled on March 20, April 17, May 1, May 15, June 5 and June 19. The phone number is 1-866-600-0487 with a passcode 63666994. The supporting Web seminar is at https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/cdc/join and the meeting ID is K7HXG6. The Attendee Key is t$#T@}}8R.
The objective for menu set measure 5 is: “Capability to identify and report cancer cases to a public health central cancer registry, except where prohibited, and in accordance with applicable law and practice. The measure is: Successful ongoing submission of cancer case information from certified electronic health record technology to a public health central cancer registry for the entire EHR reporting period.”
More information on the measure is available here.
The calls are designed to enable vendors to ask questions and receive technical assistance as they develop the required reporting capability. The one-hour calls, starting at 3 p.m. EST, are scheduled on March 20, April 17, May 1, May 15, June 5 and June 19. The phone number is 1-866-600-0487 with a passcode 63666994. The supporting Web seminar is at https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/cdc/join and the meeting ID is K7HXG6. The Attendee Key is t$#T@}}8R.
The objective for menu set measure 5 is: “Capability to identify and report cancer cases to a public health central cancer registry, except where prohibited, and in accordance with applicable law and practice. The measure is: Successful ongoing submission of cancer case information from certified electronic health record technology to a public health central cancer registry for the entire EHR reporting period.”
More information on the measure is available here.