A Compendium of Resources on the Federal HIT Meaningful Use NPRM and Standards IFR

* = highly recommended

 

Descriptive Summaries and Documents

 

 *Dissecting the Meaningful Use Proposed Rule PowerPoint

eHealth Initiative Policy Webinar; January 8, 2010

 

*What You Need to Know About the Meaningful Use Proposed Rule, Standards and Implementation Specification, and Interim Final Rule Certification Criteria PowerPoint

HIMSS Webinar; January 6, 2010

 

*Meaningful Use, Certification Criteria and Standards, and HHS Certification Process

HIMSS, frequently updated material, some members-only

 

Source Documents (Bookmarked)

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program; December 30, 2009

Warning: 536 pages of barely intelligible gobbledygook; stay away from this unless you are a lawyer, accountant, actuary, consultant, geek or wanna-be thereof 

Interim Federal Rule (IFR), HIT: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria For EHR Technology; December 30, 2009

 

NPRM and IFR Tables in Spreadsheet Format

Healthcare Standards; January 9, 2009

 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Website, Fact Sheets, Links

 

Updates on Meaningful Use, Certified EHR Technology and the Stimulus Bill

Software Advice; January 10, 2010

 

Analyses

 

*Urgently Needed: Useful Meaning of Meaningful Use

The Health Care Blog; January 9, 2009

 

*Now Reading: Proposed CMS Rule for EHR Incentives (from a patient access perspective)

Ted Eytan MD; January 10, 2010

 

 EMR Vendor Executives on Meaningful Use and Certification Requirements

HISTalk Practice; January 10, 2009

 

*Thoughts on the Proposed Meaningful Use Criteria

HISTalk; January 4, 2010

 

*Part One: Stage One Meaningful Use Winners

Chilmark Research; January 3, 2010

 

*Achieving Meaningful Use

Life As A Healthcare CIO; January 3, 2010 

 

The Blumenthal Bet in Health IT

ZDNet Healthcare; January 4, 2010

The Interim Final Rule on Standards

Life As A Healthcare CIO; December 31, 2009

 

(Mostly) Supportive Commentary

 

NQF Endorses Measure to Increase use of Electronic Health Data

National Quality Forum; January 5, 2010

 

ONC’s Tour-de-Force on EHR Certification

EHR Bloggers; January 8, 2010

 

On Meaningful Use

HISTalk Practice; January 6, 2010

 

A Few Thoughts on the Interim Final Rule

Mark Frisse’s New Policy Blog; January 2, 2010

 

Meaningful Use IFR Comments

Healthcare Standards blog; January 5, 2010

 

Nine Healthcare Executives Respond to Meaningful Use Definition

HealthLeaders Media; January 5, 2010

 

Q&A: Microsoft Executive on Fed’s “Meaningful Use” Proposals

InformationWeek; January 5, 2010

 

Meaningful Use or Meaningless Bureaucracy?

HealthBlog; January 5, 2010

 

 (Mostly) Critical Commentary

 

AHA Statement on Proposed Rules on “Meaningful Use” and Health Information Technology Funding

American Hospital Association; December 31, 2009

 

MGMA: Physicians Face Significant Challenges Meeting EHR “Meaningful Use” Requirements

Medical Group Management Association, December 31, 2009

 

CHIME Voices Concerns about Proposed ARRA Regulations

College of Healthcare Information Management Executives

 

The New “Meaningful Use” Rules: Is Participation Worth Your Time?

EMR Straight Talk blog; January 6, 2010

 

CMS Oversteps with HIT “Meaningful Use” Rule

Hospital Association of New York State; January 4, 2010

  

Media Summaries

 

Stakeholders Have Mixed Reviews on Proposed Meaningful Use Requirements

HealthcareIT News; January 4, 2010

 

Provider Groups: EHR Rule Misses Mark

Health Data Management; January 4, 2010

 

Many Unsatisfied with “Meaningful Use” Proposal, But That’s No Excuse to Wait

FierceHealthIT; January 4, 2010

 

Provider Groups Raise a Clamor Over Meaningful Use

Government HealthIT; January 4, 2010

 

Provider Organizations Unhappy With Proposed Health IT Rules

HealthLeaders Media; January 4, 2010