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The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) (Pub. L. 111–5 (text),§2.A.III & B.4) (a part of the 2009 stimulus package) set meaningful use of interoperable EHR adoption in the health care system as a critical national goal and incentivized EHR adoption.
Lawrence Leonard Weed (December 26, 1923 – June 3, 2017) [1] was an American physician, researcher, educator, entrepreneur and author, who is best known for creating the problem-oriented medical record as well as one of the first electronic health records.
The main components of meaningful use are: The use of a certified EHR in a meaningful manner, such as e-prescribing. The use of certified EHR technology for electronic exchange of health information to improve quality of health care. The use of certified EHR technology to submit clinical quality and other measures.
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EHR Incentive Program Payments and Meaningful Use. The HITECH Act set meaningful use of interoperable EHR adoption in the health care system as a critical national goal and incentivized EHR adoption. The "goal is not adoption alone but 'meaningful use' of EHRs — that is, their use by providers to achieve significant improvements in care."
To attest to Meaningful Use Stage 2, eligible professionals must have 5 percent of their patients view, transmit, or download their health information. Additionally, providers must implement notifications for follow-up appointments and identify clinically relevant health information for more than 10 percent of their patients with two or more ...
Federal regulations and incentive programs such as "Meaningful Use", which is formally known as the EHR Incentive Program, [3] [4] are changing. The vast majority of HIEs and RHIOs remain tied to federal, state, or independent grant funding to remain operational. Some exceptions exist, such as the Indiana HIE. [5] [6]
A 2008 Sentinel Event Alert from the U.S. Joint Commission, the organization that accredits American hospitals to provide healthcare services, states, 'As health information technology (HIT) and 'converging technologies'—the interrelationship between medical devices and HIT—are increasingly adopted by health care organizations, users must ...