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Tue, Jul 13 2010 11:24 AM EST
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The US Health and Human Services Department today released the final rule on "meaningful use" of an Electronic Health Record (EHR).
The rule clarifies the requirements physicians must satisfy to earn financial incentives for automating and connecting their practices under the HITECH Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. The final rule was accompanied by a second rule setting standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for EHR technology in an effort to help physicians ensure their purchases will deliver the value the rule is designed to drive.
Read the HHS press release
View the final rule on meaningful use.
View the final rule on standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for EHR technology.