Author: Butler, Mary

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2013

Sink or swim. These are the two choices participants of the "meaningful use" EHR Incentive Program will soon face now that the federal government has opened up the program's deeper, more complex second stage.


Though physician and hospital involvement in the program has incre....

Author: Van Doornik, William

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2013

There is growing interest within the healthcare payer community to promote patient engagement through various means, including the integration of patient-generated data into clinical care documentation and quality measures. This is evident in the suggestions for stage 3 "meaningful use" EH....

Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2011

After debate, speculation, and anxiety throughout the industry, the first physicians and hospitals have embarked on stage 1 of the meaningful use program. So far… so good.

The first physicians and hospitals have embarked on stage 1 of the meaningful use journey; it has been nin....

Author: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Source: External web site | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Publication Date: August 2013

An online tool to help eligible hospitals and providers keep track of Stage 2 meaningful-use criteria to qualify for incentives. The site also lists all relevant core and menu objectives as well as the clinical quality measures criteria.

Author: HIT Policy Committee

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: July 16, 2009

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA report

Publication Date: August 26, 2010

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA report

Publication Date: January 27, 2010

Author: AHIMA

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2010

The final rule on the EHR incentive plan offers more "flexibility and choice" than the daunting proposed rule, adjusting the objectives and scaling back some of the measures. Now interested providers just need to figure out how to get with the program.

After perhaps the longest six m....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy

Publication Date: January 06, 2010

Author: Sandefer, Ryan; Marc, David; Kleeberg, Paul

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: April 2015

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to assess EHR Incentive Program attestations of eligible US hospitals across geography and hospital type. The proportions of attestations were compared between metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural hospitals and by whether a hospital was crit....