Meaningful Use

Meaningful Connections

As healthcare leaders explore how best to draw upon billions in new federal dollars for health information technology, the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) has released a white paper identifying the capabilities and functionalities of eHealth applications that experts consider crucial to support the patient-centered medical home (PCMH).
 
"Meaningful Connections: A resource guide for using health IT to support the patient-centered medical home" was released at the PCPCC's April 28, 2009 Stakeholder's Working Meeting in Washington, DC.

Meaningful Connections is a guidance document to steer the development and implementation of health IT in a direction that supports the overarching principles of the PCMH.  It does not point to specific products, applications or vendors; rather, it speaks in global terms about the capabilities and functionalities needed to build an information platform that will support the key elements of the PCMH and to enable the improvements in quality, safety, effectiveness, and access that PCMH is designed to deliver.

The full guide and the supplemental FAQ is attached below.

Meaningful Connections Guide

CeHIA Meaningful Connections Guide

Meaningful Use Letters

The letter attached below was sent to Dr. Blumenthal and Dr. Berwick,

The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) has previously commended the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONC) for Stage 1 meaningful use (MU) requirements.  We believe that they are directionally correct, and are aiming to support the transformation of healthcare delivery in ways that are consistent with the patient-centered primary care that is the hallmark of the PCMH model. 

Attached, please find our latest letter regarding Meaningful Use Stages 2-3 with our recommendations.

Letter of PCPCC Comment on Meaningful Use, Stage 2 (5/7/12)

Letter of PCPCC Comment on Meaningful Use, Stage 2 and 3 (1/11/11)