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Meaningful Use: Here at last

Meaningful UseThe long-awaited "meaningful use" regulations are finally out, and the nationwide rush to implement EMRs is on. FierceEMR will help you stay on top of all the developments related to meaningful use, EMR implementation, health information exchange, interoperability and quality reporting as providers seek federal incentive money, care delivery improvement and, ultimately, health system transformation. Coverage; View Timeline

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At least six groups apply to be authorized EMR certification bodies, ONC says

July 29, 2010 — 1:35pm ET | By Neil Versel
There should be more than just a little competition in the EMR certification arena, as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology says it has sent out applications for... Read more...

CMS says 'meaningful use' Stage 2 will make optional measures mandatory

July 29, 2010 — 1:05pm ET | By Neil Versel
A lot of people were disappointed that the recently released standards for meaningful use of EMRs only covered Stage 1 of the program--2011-12--leaving them without much of a roadmap to plan for... Read more...

CSC: 90 percent of hospital execs say meaningful use is top or second priority

July 29, 2010 — 12:41pm ET | By Neil Versel
Though they may have many other IT and reform-related efforts underway, 90 percent of hospital executives count achieving meaningful use of EMR among their top two priorities, and two-thirds consider... Read more...

Multi-hospital systems, rural providers feel slighted in 'meaningful use' rule

July 29, 2010 — 12:14pm ET | By Neil Versel
Now that the rules for "meaningful use" of EMRs are out, Congress has moved in to serve as watchdog of sorts over HHS with regards to the HITECH portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Cable companies could help providers adopt EHR

July 29, 2010 — 11:41am ET | By Neil Versel
Now that HHS has finally defined "meaningful use," we all can expect a push for adoption. Or can we? Blogger and HIT consultant Joseph Ingemi has his doubts. He believes coordinators are needed to... Read more...

HIE activity picks up, but sustainability remains a problem

July 29, 2010 — 11:21am ET | By Neil Versel
After a bit of a lull in the late 2000s, health information exchange--to no one's surprise--is picking up again. (Funny how a massive national incentive program that requires HIE can do that.)... Read more...
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Also Noted

> Epic Systems has landed another big fish, the University of Michigan Health System, to replace a patchwork of aging legacy systems. Press release

> The American Medical Association is concerned that not a single commercially available EMR has all the functionality to help physicians meet the Stage 1 criteria for meaningful use. Article

> EMR vendor SRS (formerly SRSsoft) is integrating its "hybrid" EMR system with web-based practice management and scheduling systems from UnitedHealthGroup subsidiary Ingenix, and branding the product as SRS CareTracker PM, powered by Ingenix. Press release

> PracticeFusion, known for its free, advertising-supported EMR, has developed a state-by-state list of potential federal EMR incentive payments. Press release

> Health Language has embedded its database of medical terminology into the EMR/PHR/practice management system offered by Vero Beach, Fla.-based Azzly. Press release

> Transcription software vendor Emdat has published a white paper on how transcription can take the EMR documentation burden off of physicians.

And Finally... Dr. Sam and the Managed Care Blues Band are back, with a CD that meets all the requirements for "Meaningful BLUse." Website