Got Meaningful Use?
I suppose it was only a matter of time, really, before the phrase "meaningful use" landed
its own Web site. After all, the term's earning rock star status in the HIT realm lately, as everyone wonders just what will constitute meaningful use of an EHR as specified in President Obama's stimulus package.
Those curious about the definition should rest easy in the knowledge that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will release the specs on meaningful use come "late spring, early summer," according to David Blumenthal, who heads up the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Blumenthal wouldn't spill the beans to the Journal on whether the Certification Commission for HIT (CCHIT) will be the group in charge of doling out the meaningful use label as EHRs are rolled out across the nation.