Meaningful Use Stage 3 Is Here and We’re Ready to Respond

We recently saw the release of the 732 pages of the CMS Stage 3 Meaningful Use Proposed Rule and ONC’s Proposed Rule on 2015 Edition Certification. The EHRA Meaningful Use and Certification Workgroups have been gearing up to review and comment on these rules for a while so we have already started looking at the eight proposed objectives and 68 proposed certification criteria.

The scope of what is proposed for certification in this NPRM goes beyond what is proposed to be part of the Meaningful Use program, so other EHRA workgroups are also focused on reviewing the material pertinent to their areas of expertise.  We’re committed to detailed review and developing EHRA’s responses for submission by the May 29th deadline.

Our work depends on the deep expertise of EHRA members and their users!  We strongly encourage your involvement. You’ll have the opportunity to learn from the insights of industry experts in our educational calls, discussions, and consensus based positioning. Participating in EHRA’s work will give you an advantage when working on your own company’s feedback.  Also, you’ll be well positioned to engage your users in what the new proposals might mean for their practices and to encourage them to participate in the public comment process.

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Welcome to the EHR Association Blog!

We hope you’ll bookmark this page and visit it often for the latest insights from your EHRA leadership team and peers at member companies. We’re committed to an open dialog that is respectful and informative. Topic areas include meaningful use, public policy, privacy and security, certification, patient safety, usability, standards and interoperability, and quality measures.

Check out the EHRA Blog Guidelines at the link above, and submit your posts (and, optionally, a photo) to Elizabeth (Liddy) West at ewest123@msn.com. We welcome original posts as well as links to posts that our members might find of interest.

Looking Back at 2014 and Forward to 2015

(January 2015)   As 2015 begins, the EHRA leadership has taken some time to put together what we see as the major achievements for our association in 2014, in the context of the challenges we and our customers have faced.

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EHRs and Ebola: The Reality is Reassuring

(November 5, 2014)  Mark Segal, EHRA Chair (GE Healthcare IT) and his colleague, Keith Boone,  discuss how EHRs and other health IT can support healthcare providers and their patients in identifying and managing contagious disease outbreaks such as Ebola.
Read their full post on the GE Healthcare blog.

Federal Health IT Policy: Where is it heading and why should you care?

(November 4, 2014)  Mark Segal, EHRA Chair (GE Healthcare IT), comments on future directions in federal health IT policy that are taking shape.  We are starting to see clear, reinforcing themes from Congress, the Administration, policy experts, and key stakeholders.
See the full post at the GE Healthcare blog.

Is federal regulation of health IT going to ease up to allow for more innovation?

(July 14, 2014) Read EHRA Chair Mark Segal’s blog post on how he sees regulators responding to persistent requests from the private sector and a variety of stakeholder organizations (including EHRA) to design Stage 3 of the meaningful use incentive program to build on lessons learned from Stages 1 and 2, and focus on interoperability and alignment of quality measures and reporting across government programs.

 

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