DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2009 Issue 4 (April)

E-prescribing, data exchange are part of HIT meaningful use

Meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) is one obstacle that will stand between you and up to $44,000 per provider in incentives for adopting health information technology (HIT) at your practice (PBN 2/23/09). This year's stimulus bill, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, gives you some idea of what "meaningful use" is, but the full definition has yet to be articulated by CMS - the agency likely to administer the HIT incentive program beginning in 2011.

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