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Meaningful Use of Electronic Heath
Records (EHR).
The American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act including the Health Information
Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act
provides incentives to accelerate the adoption of Health
information technology via Medicaid and Medicare incentives to
those eligible hospitals and eligible providers. “Meaningful
use” is defined in a very specific way for health care
professionals and hospitals, and certain core and menu set
criteria must be met to receive payment.
There are 24-25 criteria for meaningful use. Three of them specifically require reporting to
public health:
- Submit electronic data to
Child Profile Immunization Registry
- Provide electronic syndromic
surveillance data to public health agencies
- Provide electronic submission of
reportable lab results to public health agencies
For more information about how the multi agency response to the
Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program & Meaningful
Use in Washington State please see presentation
Electronic Health Records
& Meaningful Use in Washington State. This effort
is done in cooperation with the Health Care Authority,
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Medicaid Purchasing Administration, the Washington and Idaho
Regional Extension Center, One Health Port, Washington State
Medical Association and Washington State Hospital Association
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