You will select (2) Core objectives to enable EHRs to support healthcare from St

You will select (2) Core objectives to enable EHRs to support healthcare from Stage 1. You will select (2) Menu objectives that provide flexibility for providers to choose from Stage 1 or Stage 2.
Table 17-1 (Sewell text, chapter 17-1, p. 274). **ATTACHED A SCREENSHOT**
To earn full credit, your paper must include the following components:
A. Introduction and overview of the Meaningful Use Program – provide an overview of the Meaningful Use Program. Describe its significance to advanced practice registered nursing and the impact it has on the nursing profession.
What is it?
When did it originate? Why is it needed?
What are the relationships between EMR, EHR, and ePHR to clinical information systems?
What is the significance to the nursing profession, especially to the PCP?
B. Discussion and analysis of the Meaningful Use Program (MUP) – describe and analyze the goals and objectives of meaningful use as well as its implications for nurses, nursing, national health policy, patient outcomes, and population health associated with the collection and use of meaningful use core criteria.
Review the goals and objectives and discuss them. Is this something you see or deal with in your workplace?
Discuss the implications – is the program effective? Is it affordable? Does it work? Does it really improve quality and efficiency of care?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of MUP?
Support your ideas with evidence-based practice.
C. Core Requirements of the Meaningful Use Program – analyze how the core requirements are beneficial for advanced nurses, nursing, monitoring population health, setting national health policies, and/or improvements in patient outcomes or population health.
Patients – discuss impact of MUP on the use of patient reminders, ePrescribing, electronic access, etc.
Providers – does MUP assist providers in making more informed decisions, deliver better care, and create greater efficiencies?
Nursing – does MUP help to prevent duplicative testing, eliminate adverse drug reactions, and enhance provider collaboration?
Population health – does MUP encourage providers to send data to immunization registries and public health agencies?
D. Challenges and recommendations – discuss current challenges with meaningful use seen in practice today and provide recommendations using evidence-based rationale.
Challenges – lack of clear plan, cost, lack of oversight, privacy risks, concerns about sustainability
Recommendations – realistic, scalable, and flexible starting point for adopting EHR, allow reasonable time for robust EHR use, ensure adequate training, better communication with physicians and providers
E. Conclusion – summarize your findings and conclude by providing insights gained from your analysis.
Do not introduce new concepts
Summarize the highlights of your findings
Offer your insights
A minimum of 2 scholarly resources are required not including your texts.
Your paper should be 2-3 pages, not including title and reference pages.
Use current APA format to style your paper and to cite your sources. Your source(s) should be integrated into the paragraphs. Use internal citations pointing to evidence in the literature and supporting your ideas. Include a title page and a reference page listing the sources you used.