No Final Definition of EHR Meaningful Use until Spring of 2010

We’ve been anxiously awaiting a final definition for “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHR) to determine which hospitals and providers will be eligible for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  However, in a press conference on August 20th, Dr. David Blumenthal, the national coordinator for health information technology, predicted that the final definition will not be available until the middle or end of spring in 2010.  A preliminary definition of “meaningful use” is scheduled to be issued by the end of 2009 with a 60-day comment period.

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