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Comment Opportunity: Meaningful Use Stage 3 Draft Recommendations
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The Office of
the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) Health
Information Technology Policy Committee (HITPC) has begun to develop
Meaningful Use stage 3 recommendations. The Request
for Comment (RFC) includes the following sections: Meaningful Use
Objectives and Measures, Quality Measures, and Privacy and Security. All commenters
are encouraged to provide opinions regarding feasibility, and more importantly,
experiences with how something has been done in order to promote advancement,
while also ensuring it is achievable. Instructions for submitting comments
can be found in the Federal
Register. Click here to
submit a comment via regulations.gov.
Deadline for comments: January 14, 2013
Wondering
what “Meaningful Use” is and why it matters? Federal law provides incentives to certain types of
healthcare providers and hospitals for adopting electronic health record (EHR) technology
and using it a meaningful way to capture and track health data, such as smoking
status and tobacco cessation counseling. Click here
for a quick introduction to Meaningful Use, or click here
for examples from the field of how Meaningful Use is being implemented, FAQs,
and links to other resources.
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