EMR Implementation & HITECH Act Blog
A blog for doctors and medical office staff seeking assistance with EMR and the HITECH Act.
Category Archives: Meaningful Use
2010
NIST Begins Rolling Out EHR Performance Testing Program
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There are hundreds and hundreds of Electronic Health Record software packages in the marketplace that claim to be capable of allowing you to establish meaningful use, but how do you know if those claims are true? So far there has not been an impartial, independent way to determine the truthfulness of a vendor’s claims.
Filed under: Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Meaningful Use
Tagged: EHR, Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act
2010
Certification of EMRs Takes a Big Step Forward
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The two most important aspects of any electronic medical records system have been meaningful use and certification. Meaningful use, as we discussed in an earlier post, has finally been defined. Now the certification process is being clarified.
Filed under: EMR, Electronic Medical Records, Meaningful Use
Tagged: Electronic Medical Records, EMR, EMR Compliance, EMR Implementation, HIT
2010
Meaningful Use of EMR Has Finally Been Defined
One of the key factors in obtaining incentive funds from the government for the implementation of Electronic Medical Records is the definition of meaningful use. You must prove that you are using a certified system in a meaningful way to qualify for the $40,0000+ incentive payments available to eligible practitioners (EP).
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Filed under: EMR, Electronic Medical Records, Meaningful Use
Tagged: EMR, Meaningful Use, ONCHIT
2009
The HITECH Act: Just What Is Meaningful Use?
According to the HITECH Act, physicians are eligible to receive up to $44,000 in total incentives per physician for “meaningful use” of a certified Electronic Medical Record (EMR) starting in 2011. But just what is meaningful use?
In his June 2009 speech to a Health Information Technology symposium, Dr. David Blumenthal said, “Meaningful use is going to be an evolving concept.” Being President Obama’s point man for the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, Dr. Blumenthal should know. He continues by describing the HITECH Act’s meaningful use concept as a method to “set goals about health care, and not about information technology.”
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Filed under: HITECH Act, Meaningful Use
Tagged: HITECH Act, HITECH and HIPAA, HITECH Implementation, HITECH Physician Incentives, Meaningful Use
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