On May 28, 2015, a panel from the American Medical Informatics Association (“AMIA”) published an eleven-page “Report of the AMIA EHR 2020 Task Force on the Status and Future Direction of EHRs.” Recognizing that current problems in EHR use “are complex” and that “[s]olving these problems will require regulatory stability, the development of an acceptable threshold ‘barrier to entry’ into the EHR marketplace, and a supportive national policy,” the report outlines ten “near-term strategies” to address challenges with EHR systems.
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Health IT Policy Committee
Meaningful Use Workgroup Releases Draft Stage 3 Objectives
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The Meaningful Use Workgroup of the Health IT Policy Committee recently released draft recommendations for Stage 3 objectives for the Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program. These recommendations can be found here.
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