HIPAA Blog

[ Tuesday, July 13, 2010 ]

 

Meaningful Use Rules: the Stimulus bill added financial incentives (both carrots and sticks) to healthcare providers to encourage them to adopt electronic medical record technologies and become "meaningful users" of that technology. What does "meaningful use" mean? The latest regulations are out.

More commentary later; I've still got to finish the HITECH HIPAA rules from last week, which I'll post more on later.

UPDATE: here's HealthLeader's take on winners and losers in the Meaningful Use Rules.

Jeff [10:45 AM]

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