“The release of draft Meaningful Use (MU) requirements at the end of December, finally provides clarity to what will be required of providers receiving ARRA funding under the HITECH Act to meet the 2011 objectives. Even though there are 25 specific requirements, the health information exchange (HIE) requirements were scaled back significantly from the original recommendations approved in July 2009.”
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John Moore, Chilmark Research, 11 February 2010

