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[http://www.hitsp.org/ HITSP], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certification_Commission_for_Healthcare_Information_Technology CCHIT], [http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1325&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=1&mode=2 Meaningful Use], and [http://www.cms.hhs.gov/recovery/11_healthit.asp CMS criteria] are all certifications that create sometimes competing considerations, each with different implications. | [http://www.hitsp.org/ HITSP], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certification_Commission_for_Healthcare_Information_Technology CCHIT], [http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1325&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=1&mode=2 Meaningful Use], and [http://www.cms.hhs.gov/recovery/11_healthit.asp CMS criteria] are all certifications that create sometimes competing considerations, each with different implications. | ||
| − | Currently, the ARRA stimulus funds are linked to meeting Meaningful Use criteria. It seems likely that local "experts" appointed by Regional Extension Centers outlined in the HITECH | + | Currently, the [[ARRA]] stimulus funds are linked to meeting [http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1271&&PageID=16502&mode=2&in_hi_userid=11113&cached=true Meaningful Use criteria] generated by [http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1271&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=6&mode=2 HITSC]. It seems likely that local "experts" appointed by [http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1335&mode=2&cached=true Regional Extension Centers] outlined in the [http://www.hipaasurvivalguide.com/hitech-act-text.php HITECH Act] will be the ones certifying whether an institution will be eligible to receive stimulus funds (if any still exist after the current budget negotiations). |
* [[Meaningful_Use_(WG6)|Discussion of How VistA Meets, or Can Meet, Meaningful Use]] | * [[Meaningful_Use_(WG6)|Discussion of How VistA Meets, or Can Meet, Meaningful Use]] | ||
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| + | ===Articles === | ||
| + | *[http://geekdoctor.blogspot.com/2010/01/achieving-meaningful-use.html Achieving Meaningful Use -- by HITSP Chair John Halamka] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:06, 20 March 2011
Certification issues are shifting sands.
HITSP, CCHIT, Meaningful Use, and CMS criteria are all certifications that create sometimes competing considerations, each with different implications.
Currently, the ARRA stimulus funds are linked to meeting Meaningful Use criteria generated by HITSC. It seems likely that local "experts" appointed by Regional Extension Centers outlined in the HITECH Act will be the ones certifying whether an institution will be eligible to receive stimulus funds (if any still exist after the current budget negotiations).
