“Last month, in a post entitled, “Putting the Cart Before the Horse”, I talked about the inter-relationship between the two tasks before the HIT committees—defining “meaningful use” and setting the standards for certification of EHRs under the Economic Stimulus Plan. I maintained that it makes no sense to set standards before there is an understanding of the end goal—exactly what should comprise “meaningful use”. While, to some extent, the work along these two tracks is proceeding in parallel, there is growing recognition that “meaningful use” must be the driver of the EHR standards. Recently, even CCHIT seems to have come around to this point of view.”
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Evan Steele, Straight Talk, 8 July 2009
