The "meaningful use" of electronic health records is expected to be the hot topic of the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference in Atlanta.
The federal government recently released proposed rules describing how health care providers can demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHRs to qualify for incentive payments included in the 2009 federal economic stimulus package.
In an iHealthBeat Special Report by Deirdre Kennedy, health IT experts discussed how the conference will help attendees learn more about the federal government's health IT efforts and strategies for meeting the new regulations.
The Special Report includes comments from:
- Patricia Brennan, a professor of engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and director of Project Health Design;
- David Kibbe, an expert in health informatics and a senior adviser to the American Academy of Family Physicians; and
- Carla Smith, executive vice president of HIMSS.
The conference also includes several keynote speakers, such as National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal and CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta, as well as town hall meetings and sessions on personal health records, health IT standards and health information exchanges (Kennedy, iHealthBeat, 2/26).
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