The law includes the health information technology for economic and. Hitech act drove large gains in hospital electronic health. In order to meet this objective and measure, an ep must use the capabilities and standards of cehrt at 45 cfr 170. Electronic health record ehr incentive program eligible professionals public use file puf. The promoting interoperability program meaningful use provides payment to. In the stage 1 meaningful use regulations, cms had established a timeline that required providers to progress to stage 2 criteria after two program years under the stage 1 criteria. For stage i of the meaningful use incentives, eligible medicaid providers must. Below is the corresponding certification and standards criteria for electronic health record technology that supports achieving the meaningful use of this objective. Health information technology for economic and clinical health act. Online bright futures medical home red book resources internet point of care. Its hitech act provisions infused tens of billions into the health it industry. Incorporate clinical lab test results as structured data 4. If you have questions or need more information, kindly send an email.
Arra included many measures to modernize our nations infrastructure, one of which was the health information technology for economic and clinical health hitech act. Black book ranks the top ehr vendors in regions across the globe. This original timeline would have required medicare providers who first demonstrated meaningful use in 2011 to meet the stage 2 criteria in 20. To demonstrate meaningful use under stage 2 criteria eps must meet 17 core objectives and 3 menu objectives that they select from a total list of 6, or a total of 20 core objectives. Menu set objectives menu objectives may defer 5 of 10 hospitals 10 menu objectives 1.
The general documentation file and data dictionary and codebook outline the. Electronic health records and meaningful use agency. Eligible professional objectives and measures for 2015 table of contents. Implications of electronic health record meaningful use. The medicare and medicaid electronic health record ehr. Implications of electronic health record meaningful use legislation for nursing clinical information system development and refinement article in international journal of nursing knowledge 242. While meaningful use has fundamentally altered the ehr industry and system. New book electronic health records and medical big data. Electronic health record standards john halamka the federal government takes steps to ensure that these electronic systems are strong, secure, and able to communicate with each other. Hitech act drove large gains in hospital electronic health record adoption. Ehrs will improve caregivers decisions and patients outcomes.
Recent federal actions that aim to promote the use of ehrs promise to have significant implications for laboratories and for pathology practices. Meaningful use of electronic health records and its. Eligible professional meaningful use core measures measure. The widespread use of electronic health records ehrs in the united states is inevitable. Generate lists of patients by specific conditions 5. The hitech act set meaningful use of interoperable ehr adoption in the health. Medicare electronic health record ehr incentive program. Providers should receive electronic records for more than 40% of patients transitioned or referred to them. Meaningful use criteria an overview sciencedirect topics. The hitech act supports the concept of electronic health records. To describe what electronic health record meaningful use requirements mean for nursing clinical information system cis development. Meaningful use, as the program became known in the months and years ahead, was a. Ehr incentive program objectives and measures for 2015.