Analysis of Electronic Health Records System

Analysis of Electronic Health Records System Scoring Guide

CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED

Explain Meaningful Use Guidelines and what they mean to an organization’s current state of compliance.

Does not explain Meaningful Use Guidelines and what they mean to an organization’s current state of compliance.

Explains Meaningful Use Guidelines, but does not relate them to an organization’s current state of compliance.

Explains Meaningful Use Guidelines and what they mean to an organization’s current state of compliance.

Explains Meaningful Use Guidelines and what they mean to an organization’s current state of compliance, and notes areas of unclear or incomplete information for which clarification could improve the explanation.

Explain an organization’s current electronic health record system and its data process to meet regulatory guidelines.

Does not explain an organization’s current electronic health record system and its data process to meet regulatory guidelines.

Explains an organization’s current electronic health record system, but does not relate how its data processes to meet regulatory guidelines.

Explains an organization’s current electronic health record system and its data process to meet regulatory guidelines.

Explains an organization’s current electronic health record system and its data process to meet regulatory guidelines and identifies areas where data process does not fully meet regulatory guidelines.

Analyze how an electronic health record system could improve the quality of care, simplify existing processes, and improve patient outcomes.

Does not analyze an electronic health record system.

Analyzes an electronic health record, but the analysis is incomplete or unclear with regards to how the EHR could improve the quality of care, simplify existing processes, and improve patient outcomes.

Analyzes how an electronic health record system could improve the quality of care, simplify existing processes, and improve patient outcomes.

Analyzes how an electronic health record system could improve the quality of care, simplify existing processes, and improve patient outcomes; impartially considers conflicting evidence and other perspectives.

Explain best practices for an organization to maintain meaningful use compliance as it relates to current incentive programs and policies.

Does not explain best practices to maintain compliance with regards to meaningful use.

Explains best practices to maintain compliance with regards to meaningful use. Does not fully relate explanation to an organization or current incentive programs and policies.

Explains best practices for an organization to maintain meaningful use compliance as it relates to current incentive programs and policies.

Explains best practices for an organization to maintain meaningful use compliance as it relates to current incentive programs and policies; also, acknowledges potential challenges an organization may face in applying the best practices.

Recommend evidence-based approaches for implementing new practices for end user functions, training, and ongoing compliance.

Does not identify evidence that would inform implementation, training, or compliance.

Identifies evidence that would inform implementation, training, or compliance. However, there is not a recommendation of evidence-based approaches, and does not address all three aspects.

Recommends evidence-based approaches for implementing new practices for end user functions, training, and ongoing compliance.

Recommends evidence- based approaches for implementing new practices for end user functions, training, and ongoing compliance. Identifies criteria that could be used to evaluate the effectiveness of recommendations.

CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED

Communicate analysis and recommendations of an electronic health records system in a manner that is clear and concise.

Does not communicate analysis and recommendations in a way that is clear or concise.

Communicates analysis and recommendations, but the approach is somewhat unclear, or there are mechanical writing errors that reduce the effectiveness of communication.

Communicates analysis and recommendations of an electronic health records system in a manner that is clear and concise.

Communicates analysis and recommendations of an electronic health records system in a manner that is clear and concise; the written content is mechanically accurate with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style.

Does not integrate relevant sources to support assertions; does not correctly format citations and references using current APA style

Sources lack relevance or are poorly integrated, or citations or references are incorrectly formatted.

Integrates relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style.

Integrates relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style, which are free from all errors.