Lexi-Comp Supports Meaningful Use of Clinical Decision Support

In an effort to promote quality, safety and efficiency through electronic health record (EHR) technology, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed language defining "meaningful use" of this technology. This definition details qualifications necessary for the eligibility of healthcare providers to receive incentive payments for their implementation of EHR technology as defined in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

When integrated into an EHR or HIS, Lexi-Comp satisfies the CMS definition of Meaningful Use for clinical decision support.

• Lexi-Comp supports the use of computerized physician order entry in both the inpatient and ambulatory arenas:
  • Provides a drug list of dispensable products with mapping to NDC numbers, RXCUI, Lexi-Comp's Global ID, and Multum DNUM and generic product codes
  • Provides data for drug-drug, drug-disease and drug-allergy interaction screening
  • Provides duplicate therapy and dose range checking for pediatric and adult patients
• Lexi-Comp supports the maintenance of active medication and allergy lists within an EHR
• Lexi-Comp promotes interoperability with its ability to map standardized vocabularies such as RxNorm
• Allows users to generate patient-specific education leaflets for medications, conditions and procedures

Lexi-Comp can help you achieve Meaningful Use of your EHR. As an integrated component of your system, our transactional drug data and reference information support the following Stage 1 criteria:

Meaningful Use Criteria

170.207 (d) Vocabulary Standards for Representing Electronic Health Information

• Lexi-Data uses RXCUI codes from RxNorm on medications

170.302 (m) Patient-Specific Education Resources

• Lexi-Comp ONLINE can provide patient-tailored educational information pertaining to their medications, conditions or procedures

170.302 General Certification Criteria for Complete EHRs or EHR Modules

• Lexi-Data provides medication lists for provider order entry
• Lexi-Data supports drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction checking
• Lexi-Data facilitates the maintenance of the active medication list as well as the allergy list
• Lexi-Comp ONLINE provides numerous calculators, including one to calculate Body Mass Index based on a patient's height and weight
• Lexi-Data can be integral to customized clinical decision support rules designed around medications

170.304 Specific Certification Criteria for Complete EHRs or EHR Modules Designed for an Ambulatory Setting

• Lexi-Data supports the requirement to generate an electronic copy of health information pertaining to the patient's medication and allergy lists
• Lexi-Data facilitates the selection of medications for e-Prescribing activities