AHA, AMA, CHIME Challenge Stage 3 Meaningful Use Proposals

Three advocacy organizations representing hospitals, doctors, and health IT professionals have submitted comments to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, urging the federal agency and its Health IT Policy Committee to reconsider proposed requirements for Stage 3 Meaningful Use. A comparison of the three letters addressed to National Coordinator, Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, reveals a number of similarities in these comments. Chief among them are concerns over current struggles experienced by eligible professionals (EPs) and hospitals (EHs) during Stage 1 Meaningful Use as well as future barriers to achieving meaningful use associated with costs and a lack of interoperability.  (Source: EHR Intelligence)  [Read article]