Image via Wikipedia Today, a Health IT Policy Committee work group released its initial recommendations for defining “meaningful use” of electronic health records, Health Data Management reports. The federal economic stimulus law requires hospitals and physicians to demonstrate meaningful use of EHRs to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments. Although the work group’s recommendations [...]
The Process of Defining Meaningful Use has Finally Begun
June 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Building on the historic $19 billion investment provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), efforts continued today to further the national adoption and implementation of health information technology (HIT) — an essential tool to modernize the health care system and bring about improved health for all Americans. The Health Information [...]
Is EMR Adoption Opening the Door to Medical Identity Theft?
June 16, 2009 By 1 Comment
A 2007 federal report on crime — the most recent year for which data are available — found that more than 250,000 U.S. residents annually are victims of medical identity theft, the New York Times reports. Pam Dixon — executive director of World Privacy Forum and author of a 2006 medical identity theft report — [...]
