“With the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, the focus of debate has fallen squarely on the challenge of defining “meaningful use” of an electronic health record (EHR). Maybe it’s time to turn our attention to actually achieving meaningful use. It’s clear that the concept is intended to ensure that any transformation within the health care system is focused on improved health care professionals’ ability to deliver better care, better patient experience leading to better outcomes, but the question still remains: What should health care providers be doing right now to ensure their operations fulfill the requirements of meaningful use to receive maximum reimbursement? If you wait until the proposed set of standard are delivered at the end of 2009 and wait till after the 60-day comment period…it will be too late.”
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Celwyn C. Evans, Advance HealthcarePOV, 17 November 2009
