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When Meducation materials are printed out for the patient, those materials (i.e., PDF) could be stored in the patient record via storage of 1) electronic PDF file, 2) scanned PDF printout, or 3) unique Meducation identifier code can be link to the PDF.   Hospitals require a record of any materials that were provided to a patient.  Any document provided to patients should be tagged as "patient materials" so that they are automatically posted to the patient portal (this is how many EHRs work – if a document is tagged as being for patient use, then that document is automatically accessible from the patient portal). 

Meducation transactions increment the Patient Ed Numerator for MU

When Meducation materials are printed out for the patient, or a video demonstration is played, the numerator for Meaningful Use needs to be incremented.   This will help hospitals meet their MU requirements for "patient education" .

Pediatric Growth Chart Write Back of Z-Score

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Bilirubin Chart Writes a Transcutaneous Bilirubin Observations

To assess the risk of hyperbilirubinemia in new borns, a clinician uses a transcutaneous bilirubinometer to read the serum bilirubin levels. The clinician then documents the reading to be stored as part of the patients longitudinal record inside the EHR using the Bilirubin Chart Application.

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