Are you Providing CCD Documents for Your Patient’s?

CCD document – what is a CCD document? Funny but most doctors that have been attesting for Stage I Meaningful Use have no idea what a CCD is or have even provided a CCD document for their patients. In order to stay in compliance with Stage I Meaningful Use, a provider must generate a CCD (Continuity of Care) document to each patient that requests a summary for their office visit. CCD documents are the new standard in providing clinical information about a patient. Patients can choose to receive a CCD document on paper or request the CCD document be provided electronically. These documents contain the following information:

As we move into Stage II for Meaningful Use, CCD documents will become an integral part in the way doctors share clinical information about a patient and their health records. When a patient is referred to another specialist, a CCD document can be sent electronically to the specialist or provided to the patient electronically so that the patient can provide the CCD document to the specialist. Either way, the CCD document can be imported into the patient’s health record automatically providing the patients latest allergies, their current medications, problem list, diagnosis and all lab results to the specialist. This will provide the specialist with the most current clinical information on the patient and eliminate the need for staff members to manually re-enter health information for that patient into the patient’s health records. Upon completion of the visit, a new CCD document can be generated and provided to the primary care doctor to update the patient’s health records with any new lab results, diagnosis, current medications and allergies recorded by the specialist. CCD documents will prove to be a great solution in streamlining healthcare. Healthcare providers that use the MD Logic World Wide EMR™ software can easily generate CCD documents on paper or electronically. Tom Cahill, Manager for MD Logic Software Support Services reports “our customers really love how simple we have made generating CCD documents for their patients. Our customers are busy providing patient care and expect MD Logic to deliver software that will save time and keep them in compliance with meaningful use. I worked with our software development team in bringing our CCD document solutions to the market. MD Logic provides a one-touch solution that enables doctors and their staff the ability to generate these CCD documents and remain in compliance with meaningful use.”

MD Logic, the leader in high performance EMR/EHR solutions continues to provide solutions that save time and increase efficiency in healthcare. To learn how your clinic can benefit from MD Logic please contact us at 800-273-7750