The healthcare IT (HIT) industry waits with baited breath for the release of preliminary meaningful use (MU) rules, scheduled for later this month. Why the baited breath? Market has basically stalled as physicians & hospital CIOs hold off HIT purchases awaiting what will actually be asked of them to get those ARRA reimbursement checks. Will [...]
Posts Tagged ‘HITECH’
Reading the Tea Leaves: CMS to Release MU Rules this Month
Posted in EHR, HIE, HIT, policy, standards, tagged HHS, HITECH, ONC on December 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Meaningful Use Draft is Tough to Swallow
Posted in consumer health, EHR, EMR, eRx, HIT, PHR, policy, Privacy, Security, tagged ARRA, CPOE, HITECH, meaning, meaningful use, ONC on June 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Today, the Meaningful Use (MU) workgroup of ONC’s HIT Policy Committee presented its recommendations for what physicians and hospitals will need to demonstrate to obtain ARRA funding for “certified EHRs.” Chilmark listened in on the presentation and deliberations of the meeting and also downloaded the slide deck, following is our initial assessment. The MU workgroup [...]
Usability & Adoption of EHRs
Posted in EHR, EMR, policy, standards, tagged CCHIT, HHS, HITECH, Stimulus, usability on May 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Policy makers keep wondering why physicians do not readily adopt EMR/EHR software. Under ONC’s first head, David Brailer, it was decided that a big problem was a lack of certification of EMR software to insure that it worked as advertised, which led to the founding of CCHIT. Funny thing though – despite CCHIT’s best efforts [...]
The HITECH Challenge: Is $19B Enough to Drive HIT Adoption
Posted in consumer health, EHR, EMR, tagged adoption, HITECH, HITECH Act, Stimulus Bill on March 13, 2009 | 10 Comments »
With the HITECH Act passed and the Dept. of HHS feverishly working to draft a clear definition of what “meaningful use” and “certified EHR” actually mean for reimbursement purposes, a far bigger question looms: Is the promise of $19B dollars dedicated to reimbursing those hospitals and physicians who adopt and meaningfully use an EHR enough? [...]
