As we enter the era of Meaningful Use, we are truly seeing an increased realization of the central role that IT plays in provider strategic planning. Happily, we are also starting see recognition from many corners of healthcare organizations of the wisdom of making targeted, shrewd, IT investments as down payments on organizations’ futures. And […]
Don’t Miss Out on This Once in a Lifetime Opportunity!
The comment period is drawing to a close on two important rules impacting our industry. The CMS notice of proposed rulemaking on the “meaningful use” EHR incentive program, and the ONC’s interim final rule describing the certification criteria for EHRs that qualify for the meaningful use program were issued on January 13, 2010. Both rules […]
Hospital Systems Want To Help
I keep bouncing between cynicism and optimism on ARRA and the meaningful use rule. There are definitely a few problems with the proposed rule but I want to focus right now on how it will define a hospital-based eligible provider. I’m trying to be an optimist, but this portion of the rule really seems counter […]