Today, ONC’s HIT Policy Committee will reconvene to hear the latest iteration of draft recommendations on “meaningful use.” For those of you that are new to all of this, “meaningful use” is the legislative language used in ARRA, to insure that the ~$36 billion to be spent on clinician adoption of EHRs will result in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Stimulus’
Stay Tuned, Meaningful Use Part Deux Forthcoming
Posted in consumer health, EHR, EMR, policy, tagged ARRA, meaningful use, Stimulus on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Meaningful Use Hits the Streets Tomorrow…
Posted in EHR, EMR, policy, tagged ARRA, HITSP, meaning, meaningful use, ONC, Stimulus on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…or at least the first draft of meaningful use. As just about everyone who has not had their heads in the sand for the last four months knows, the definition of meaningful use is critical to future ARRA funding distribution for “certified EHR” adoption. It is being widely reported, including a direct quote from John [...]
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 [...]
Making “Meaningful Use” Well… Meaningful
Posted in CMS, consumer health, EHR, EMR, eRx, HIE, HIT, PHR, policy, standards, tagged ARRA, HITECH Act, Stimulus on April 30, 2009 | 9 Comments »
The market for EHRs has stalled as potential buyers await the outcome of the government’s definition of “meaningful use” and “certified EHR” both critical for determining Stimulus reimbursement. Of course the recession has not helped things for EHR vendors with many a hospital and practice seeing fewer patients, smaller endowments (thanks a bunch Madoff), and [...]
Stimulus Package Breakdown
Posted in CMS, EHR, HIT, policy, tagged HITECH Act, Stimulus on February 12, 2009 | 7 Comments »
If a picture is worth a thousands words, this Washington Post graphic is worth nearly $800B. Provides a fantastic breakdown of exactly what the Stimulus package is and where all the money is headed. Impressive job Washington Post. Hat’s off to you.
Stimulus Package, HITECH Act and Ossification of HIT
Posted in CCD, standards, tagged EHR, HIT, HITECH Act, Stimulus, stimulus package, technology adoption on February 3, 2009 | 16 Comments »
We are heading down the wrong path. Despite the rounds of applause from virtually all sectors of the healthcare establishment (AHA, HIMSS, AllScripts’ customers, etc.) the HITECH Act, as currently drafted in the Stimulus Bill (both House and Senate versions of HITECH are quite similar), will ossify healthcare IT (HIT) completely stagnating innovation in HIT. [...]
