Meaningful Use news from FierceEMR
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AMA makes progress on IT services platform
The American Medical Association is busy lining up partners for a new IT marketplace for physicians that will include EMR offerings. It announced a deal with UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Ingenix to... Read more...
CSC: More hospitals are promoting 'integrated' EHRs in their communities
Meaningful use of EHRs undoubtedly will require interoperability of electronic health information between care settings, as well as coordination of care. With physician practices largely "still on... Read more...
Survey: Most won't meet meaningful use right away, but full payments possible
Another week, another report raising questions about readiness for meaningful use, though this time there are some reasons to be optimistic. A new Beacon Partners survey of executives from 168... Read more...
Indian Health Service beefing up EMR to meet meaningful use
Even federal EMR systems apparently fall short of proposed "meaningful use" requirements. The Indian Health Service is upgrading its Resource and Patient Management System EMR to support health... Read more...
CCHIT's Leavitt: Don't wait for final rules to proceed with EHR
The proposed rules for meaningful use of EHRs include a series of standards related to certification of EHR systems, seemingly opening up the certification process to more than just the... Read more...
HHS workgroup proposes easing requirements for meaningful use
We've been hearing for more than a month that some constituencies within HHS were interested in easing some of the requirements for meaningful use of EMRs. Now, the Health IT Policy Committee's... Read more...
Kibbe: New ONC standards make CCHIT process 'irrelevant'
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology has had its fair share of critics. Some have been the kind of anonymous Internet ranters with either a personal axe to grind or... Read more...
Leading CIOs question timetable, specificity of meaningful use proposal
Uber-CIO Dr. John Halamka, of CareGroup Healthcare System in Boston, is known for his workaholic tendencies, mostly in the name of improving healthcare through information technology. After talking... Read more...
SRSsoft boss says specialists aren't sold on meaningful use
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act makes it clear that providers will have to demonstrate "meaningful use" of certified EMRs to earn Medicare bonuses of up to $44,000 or extra Medicaid... Read more...
Survey: Hospitals will struggle to meet 'meaningful use'
All the pundits, vendors and interest groups have weighed in on the Dec. 30 proposal for "meaningful use" of EMRs, but what do the people who actually have to demonstrate meaningful use to earn... Read more...
