On April 23rd Senator John Rockefeller IV introduced the Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009 to to build upon open the source electronic health record (eleconic medical record) solution developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (called VistA) and other open source software (e.g. OpenEMR). Unlike proprietary “closed source” software solutions, open source software allows unrestricted access to the source code and does not prohibit the use or re-distribution of [...]
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By Robert Hudock, on April 26th, 2009
 Print This PostApril 26th, 2009 | Tags: CCHIT, ClearHealth, Department of Veterans Affairs, EHR, EMR, Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009, HIPAA, HIT, VistA | Category: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, CCHIT, EMR, HIPAA Security, HITECH Act, Health Information Technology, Health Reform, Open Source |
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Are ONC’s Meaningful Use Requirements Workable?
Office of the National Coordinator (“ONC”) for Health Information Technology health IT policy committee voted on July 16, 2009 to accept itsworkgroup’s matrix of qualifications that will be used to define “meaningful use” of health IT. Compliance with ONC’s definition of “meaningful use” is essential to reimbursement bonuses and avoiding penalties under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Bonuses will begin in 2011 (maximum bonus payments for the implementation of a qualified EHR can be collected where an EHR is implemented no later 2012) thereafter the amount of bonus payments will be reduced with each subsequent year. Penalties will begin accruing 2017 for Medicare and Medicaid providers who have failed to implement a qualified EHR. A qualified EHR under ARA is essentially an EHR that meets the Government’s tortured definition of meaningful [...]