| • | Objective: Provide clinical summaries for patients for each office visit. |
| • | Measure: Clinical summaries provided to patients or patient-authorized representatives within one business day for more than 50 percent of office visits. |
| • | Exclusion: Any EP who has no office visits during the EHR reporting period. |
What is the criterion to record the Denominator and Numerator Values?
Criteria to record Denominator value
| • | An encounter should have been started within reporting period for an active patient. |
Criteria to record Numerator value
| • | Clinical Summary should have been provided to the patient within 1 business day. |
How can I increase Denominator in InSync?
Ensure that an encounter is created within reporting period.
To start an encounter:
| • | From the top menu bar, click Patient Search. |
| • | Click Facesheet adjacent to the patient name. |
| • | Click the Start Encounter button. |
How can I increase Numerator in InSync?
Ensure that the clinical summary is provided to the patient within 1 business day.
To provide clinical summary (within 1 business day):
| • | From the top menu bar, click Patient Search. |
| • | Click Facesheet adjacent to the patient name. |
| • | Expand the Show Encounter(s) panel. |
| • | End the in-progress encounter. (Make sure that the current date has not crossed the 1 business day from the visit date). |
The clinical summary option will be automatically checked upon ending an encounter.
OR
| • | From the top menu bar, click Patient Search. |
| • | Click Facesheet adjacent to the patient name. |
| • | Expand the Show Encounter(s) panel. |
| • | In the “Stage-1 (Core 13) & Stage-2 (Core 8) - Provide Clinical Summaries to Patient” section, do the following: |
| o | Select the Clinical Summary provided to the patient check box. |
| o | In the Medium field, select either “Print” or “Declined” option. By default “Print” option is selected. |
| o | Select the Clinical Summary Provided/Offered Date. (Make sure that the current date has not crossed the 1 business day from the visit date). |
