Health IT vendors are vying for their share of the billions of dollars in federal stimulus funding that soon will be available to health care providers who demonstrate "meaningful use" of electronic health records.
The federal government recently released rules describing how health care providers can demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHRs to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments under the 2009 federal economic stimulus package.
In an iHealthBeat Special Report by Deirdre Kennedy, experts discuss how health care providers are choosing vendors to help them meet the federal requirements for meaningful use of EHRs.
The Special Report includes comments from:
- Alisa Ray, executive director of the Certification Commission for Health IT;
- Michael Stearns, president and CEO of e-MDs; and
- Steven Waldren, director of the American Academy of Family Physicians' Center for Health IT (Kennedy, iHealthBeat, 5/12).
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