Fact Based List:

KPMG: Top 10 Compliance Challenges for Meaningful Use Stage 1

  1. Understanding MU requirements
  2. Lack of a fully dedicated MU project team
  3. Workflow redesign efforts related to electronic capture of clinical quality measure data elements in the certified system
  4. Capturing and incorporating patient information into CCR/CCD documents
  5. Ancillary healthcare information systems may require interface or workflow redesign
  6. Training and change management efforts
  7. Developing a documentation retention process and protocols
  8. Relying heavily on vendors to achieve meanginful use compliance
  9. Not considering proposed Stage 2 and 3 objectives and other regulatory requirements
  10. Data governance and controls may not be adequate to ensure integrity of MU reporting information

Source: KPMG Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Institute
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