“In the incestuous world of the healthcare sector, HHS is bringing together the usual suspects in HIT to discuss what exactly “meaningful use” means within the context of the ARRA HITECH Act. The meeting will take place next week, April 28 & 29, in Washington DC.
Meaningful use is right up there with “certified EHR” as the real sticking points in the future distribution of the $19B to incent physicians to adopt HIT. In that legislation, the Act provides guidance as to what meaningful use may consist of but it is only guidance. To actually make all of this work, much clearer guidelines are required to set verification requirements for reimbursement to physicians of their investment and meaningful use of certified EHRs.”
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John Moore, Chilmark Research, 24 April 2009
