Three articles on issues concerning meaningful use, related to the timeline and the implementation of functions.
Docs to Feds: Go Slow on Meaningful Use
More than 80 physician organizations, in general, support the objectives and vision outlined in the initial proposal of a workgroup of the HIT Policy Committee to define meaningful use of electronic health records, according to a comment letter to federal officials.
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Joseph Goedert, HDM Breaking News, 29 June 2009
CIO Group Comments on Meaningful Use
The initial proposal of a workgroup of the HIT Policy Committee to define meaningful use of electronic health records includes a matrix of about 55 functions, or elements, that should be phased in over several years. But under the proposal, 22 of the functions have to be achieved to some degree during the first year in 2011.
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Joseph Goedert, HDM Breaking News, 29 June 2009
AHA: Stretch Meaningful Use Timeline
The federal government should extend the transition to a fully functional electronic health records system beyond 2015, according to the American Hospital Association.
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HDM Breaking News, 29 June 2009
