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Guest Column: Meaningful Use Of EMR
By Divan Da've, CEO, OmniMD
To fulfill the stimulus criteria in healthcare IT, it is very important to be in the right direction, which will lead us to the precise definition of "Meaningful Use of EMR". The Government has given us enough time to evaluate this definition by getting several inputs from practitioners and different forums. The department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will be defining the clear definition of "meaningful use" this year.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a proposed rule to implement provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) that provide incentive payments for the meaningful use of certified EHR technology. To qualify for incentives, physicians and hospitals must be using "certified EHR technology" in a "meaningful manner."
This fact sheet summarizes CMS' proposed definition of meaningful use and how a particular EMR can fit into that definition.
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