According to HIMSS, meaningful use was the no. 1 priority of hospital information technology departments for 2011, and is likely to continue as a top concern. Meaningful use of certified health ...

One of the most mis-understood Meaningful Use core measures for EPs is the objective to: “Provide clinical summaries for patients for each office visit”. The required measure threshold for this ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has announced its interest in funding research demonstration projects that will provide evidence to inform the development of meaningful use objectives.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") yesterday released the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking setting forth the "Stage 2" requirements for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health ...

Two-thirds of office-based physicians plan to apply or have already applied for meaningful use incentives for using electronic health records (EHRs), a government survey found. However, only about a ...

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued two final rules in support of the "meaningful use" requirements for the U.S. healthcare IT stimulus plan. One of the two ...

The EHR Incentive Program, often dubbed “Meaningful Use”, has been surrounded by questions and confusion among anesthesiologists and practice administrators since its inception. Currently, the ...

For health care professionals who began accepting Meaningful Use incentive money at the outset of availability under the Medicare option in 2011, the year 2015 is an important year. If the provider ...

The following article is written by Sean Benson, cofounder and vice president of consulting with ProVation Medical, part of Wolters Kluwer Health. The march towards meaningful use (MU) has created a ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As healthcare providers work to meet the requirements of Meaningful Use, they face numerous IT challenges. These challenges range from the capture and flow of data to and ...

NEW YORK, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With its electronic, patient self-service check-in solution, Phreesia collects comprehensive, up-to-date electronic information from each patient at every visit ...

A collaborative of seven organizations, including the American Hospital Association, American Medical Association, and the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society, has proposed changes to ...