“Uncertainty around the deadline for meeting the next stage of electronic health record usability measures notwithstanding, medical professionals should move quickly to meet current EHR “meaningful use” standards, according to a new report.
When to “attest” to meeting those standards is a different issue, writes Erika Drazen, managing partner of the Global Institute for Emerging Healthcare Practices, a research arm of CSC, a Falls Church, Va.-based technology consulting firm. That’s because, under the current federal timeline, hospitals would only have a few months to meet the second stage of meaningful-use standards after the requirements are set.”
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John Pulley, NextGov, 22 July 2011
