Table 4.

Proportion of Hospitals Meeting Selected “Meaningful Use Criteria” in the High, Intermediate, and Low Quality Grades

Meaningful Use Objectives	High Quality (N = 166)	Intermediate Quality (N = 1318)	Low Quality (N = 153)	Difference (high - low)	p-value*
Core Set	Percent
Computerized Order Entry	43	35	30	13	0.05
Implement Drug-Drug, Drug-Allergy Checks	25	17	13	12	0.02
Maintain Up-to-date Problem Lists	61	54	48	13	0.08
Maintain Active Medication Lists	88	78	73	15	<0.01
Give Patients an Electronic Copy of Discharge Summaries	80	74	70	10	0.16
Record Key Demographics	96	94	91	5	0.21
Report Hospital Quality Measures to State or CMS	41	30	34	7	0.02
Implement at Least One of Four Clinical Decision Rules	84	72	63	21	<0.001
Have Capability to Exchange Key Clinical Information	60	54	42	18	<0.01
All nine core criteria	2.1	3.5	1.1	1.0	0.13
Menu Set
Incorporate Clinical Lab-Test Results Into EHR As Structured Data	93	96	95	−2	0.50
Perform Medication Reconciliation	68	63	57	11	0.5
Record Advanced Directives	67	58	52	15	0.02
All 3 menu criteria	50.2	42.1	33.8	16.4	0.01
All 9 core and all 3 menu criteria	1.6	2.7	1.1	0.5	0.28

^*P-values for comparisons across all three groups.