What Happens After Meaningful Use?
Meaningful use definition specifies three types of requirements – use of EHR (Electronic health record) technology (such as electronic prescribing), electronic exchange of information and health information to improve quality care, and adequate measures and analyses to prove that quality care is being provided for patients.
The meaningful use visions and goals include that, after the implementation of meaningful use, considerable improvements in population health will be achieved through a transformed health care system. After meaningful use, the following changes in the health system will be seen:
Improved Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
Patients will no longer have to wait for …
Meaningful Use in the Changing Face of Health Care
When the federal government passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, included in it was a plan to reward health care professionals and hospitals for the “meaningful use” of electronic health records, or EHRs. Electronic health records have been called by various terms and phrases. You may have heard of “electronic medical records” (or EMRs), and they are essentially the same thing. In the federal bill, these electronic tools for patient care information, such as software programs, are referred to as EHRs.
There are many reasons to use EHRs to benefit patients, and there is a reason that …
EHR Stage 2 Meaningful Use – Why Is The Recommendation To Delay Stage 2 Rules a Positive Move?
The electronic health records (EHR) Meaningful Use rules is the best roadmap the government developed to prepare for the delivery of higher quality care. Meaningful Use rules consist of a series of milestone requirements, divided into stages, which eligible professionals must attest compliance through the effective use and adoption of EHR technology. Successfully meeting the requirements of each stage is the driver that qualifies eligible professionals to receive EHR incentive payments.
The EHR incentive programs are administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The government opened …