The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has announced its interest in funding research demonstration projects that will provide evidence to inform the development of meaningful use objectives.

Two-thirds of office-based physicians plan to apply or have already applied for meaningful use incentives for using electronic health records (EHRs), a government survey found. However, only about a ...

Following months of pressure from healthcare providers and EHR vendors to adjust the meaningful use reporting from a full year to a 90-day period, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on ...

According to HIMSS, meaningful use was the no. 1 priority of hospital information technology departments for 2011, and is likely to continue as a top concern. Meaningful use of certified health ...

Health care providers must demonstrate “meaningful use” of EHRs to qualify for incentives. A federal health information technology committee this week released its proposed rules for Stage 3 ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As healthcare providers work to meet the requirements of Meaningful Use, they face numerous IT challenges. These challenges range from the capture and flow of data to and ...

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued two final rules in support of the "meaningful use" requirements for the U.S. healthcare IT stimulus plan. One of the two ...

As we examined in last week's commentary, many provider and healthcare industry groups had a lot to say about what they would like to see in Stages 2 and 3 of achieving Meaningful Use for electronic ...

For health care professionals who began accepting Meaningful Use incentive money at the outset of availability under the Medicare option in 2011, the year 2015 is an important year. If the provider ...

A collaborative of seven organizations, including the American Hospital Association, American Medical Association, and the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society, has proposed changes to ...

Providers participating in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs may have more breathing room to implement the criteria for meaningfully using certified EHR ...

The quest for Meaningful Use Stage 2 kicked off once the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued the notices of ...