Comments on: “Meaningful Use” Criteria as a Unifying Force

By: Dan "Beyond Meaningful Use" Fellars

Dan "Beyond Meaningful Use" Fellars — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:34:59 +0000

That is an interesting perspective on meaningful use. I hope it has that unifying effect, although my gut says it may have the opposite effect. What if it makes things even more complicated because everybody has their own interpretation of how to accomplish meaningful use and thus messes it up for all. Only time will tell.

By: Vishal

Vishal — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:19:24 +0000

Nice post. Seem tree on most accounts but I also think that today medical practitioners are looking to avail of this federal incentive by trying to comply with the definition of meaningful use but at the same time EHR providers are looking at their own set of profits. This misunderstanding is mostly I believe as a result of wrong interpretation of the federal guidelines. The EHR providers need to look at these guidelines from the prospective of the practitioners who deal with different specialties. Each specialty EHR has its own set of challenges or requirements which I believe is overlooked by in most EHR vendors in a effort to merely follows federal guidelines. This is resulting in low usability to the practitioners, thus less ROI, finally redundancy of the EHR solution in place. I think ROI is very important factor that should be duly considered when look achieve a 'meaning use' out of a EHR solution. Though one may get vendors providing 'meaning use' at a lower cost, their ROI / savings through the use of their EHR might be pretty low when compared to costlier initial investment. Found a pretty useful ROI tool that is pretty customizable and easy to use. It also accounts for the different specialty EHR's too. Some of the other useful resources on this topic: REC's putting EHR's to meaningful use Certification criteria for EHR Also the introduction of REC’s through the HITECH act. is a great way to avail of quality EHR solutions at competitive prices. The stiff competition among not only these REC’s but also among EHR vendors ( to become a preferred vendor of a given REC) will result in lot of positives to medical practioners. Looking the funding provided to the REC’s, the staggered grant allocation system also promises to be an unbiased way of allocating funds. It will also help in the concept of REC’s helping out each with their own unique business models. It can be one of the possible answers to the ’safe vendor challenge’ as discussed by many critics.

By: Randi Rossman

Randi Rossman — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:24:16 +0000

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By: What is Meaningful

What is Meaningful — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:23:44 +0000

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By: Gmerre

Gmerre — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:32:38 +0000

RT @pioneerrwjf Can "Meaningful Use" unify disparate solutions to systemic problems in U.S. health care? http://bit.ly/W6ORn

By: RWJF Pioneer

RWJF Pioneer — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:36:05 +0000

Can "Meaningful Use" unify disparate solutions to systemic problems in U.S. health care? http://bit.ly/W6ORn (via e-CareManagement)

By: MarkS

MarkS — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:21:19 +0000

I agree completely.
The key to making the meaningful use criteria a unifying force will be interoperability standards. Once all of these programs can exchange data, we will have meaningful use and we will have a unified health care system.

By: arthurwlane

arthurwlane — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:33:30 +0000

“Meaningful Use” Criteria as a Unifying Force (Vince Kuraitis): http://bit.ly/W6ORn