The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives submitted its comments on the impending meaningful use stage 2 objectives, requesting that more time be allocated to enable assessment of ...

Revisions and debates over a draft of stage 2 meaningful use requirements continue on with a focus on how much to increase thresholds from stage 1, according to an InformationWeek news report. Paul ...

In August, federal officials released the final Stage 2 rule for Meaningful Use. The second stage calls for hospitals, physicians, and other 'eligible providers' to increase interoperability of health ...

During a recent meeting with the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the Office of the National Coordinator acknowledged that Stage 1 meaningful use requirements will not be modified for any ...

After hearing numerous concerns from providers and electronic health record (EHR) vendors, the Health IT Policy Committee--in a 12 to 5 vote on June 8--recommended delaying by one year (until 2014) ...

Stage 2 of the federal Electronic Health Records Incentive Program is underway for providers who first reached Stage 1 in 2011. Although there will not be any official statistics available for several ...

Six months to the day after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the “preliminary rules” for Meaningful Use, the final rules are in. For clinicians and policymakers who want ...