Meaningful Use: Improving Quality Care

The use of electronic health records (EHR) aims at improving the quality and safety of patient care. An electronic health record (EHR) is an electronic version of the patient’s entire medical history including past diagnoses, treatments, and current medications being taken. There has been a rise in the conversion to EHR from paper records because these electronic records can track patient data over time and monitor parameters such as trends in vital signs over time or vaccination history, all which

You did a great job explaining the purpose, goals, and timeline of meaningful use. I thought I would further discuss the stages and criteria required for meaningful use in order to receive the incentive payment. Below is a great table from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), (2013). Stage 1: Meaningful use criteria focus on: Stage 2: Meaningful use criteria focus on: Stage 3: Meaningful use criteria focus on: Electronically capturing health information in

MEANINGFUL USE: Background: In 2009, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) along with the support of Congress proposed that the use of Health Information Technology (HIT) has tremendous potential in improving healthcare and transform how the health care is delivered. So, under Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH), as a part of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Federal government has established a combination of voluntary financial

Meaningful Use and the Health Care System The American health care system is in the midst of a paradigm shift as it transitions away from a paper documentation system towards a total electronic world. The electronic health record is revolutionizing the way health care practitioners, organizations and patients utilize patient information resulting in more efficient and accurate care, which implies better patient outcomes. In an effort to expedite the adoption of the electronic medical record, the

clinicians and hospitals when they privately and securely used EHRs for achieving improvements in care delivery by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). The healthcare organizations are expected to demonstrate meaningful use of EHRs. This rule of meaningful use has been implemented to strike a balance between acknowledging the urgency of adopting EHRs for improving the healthcare system and identifying the challenges that would be put forth

change in medical errors in regards to improvement of care. Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records and Health Information Technology are practices and programs that can be possible solutions for this issue. The goals of meaningful use include improving quality, safety, efficiency, and to reduce health disparities, improve care coordination and ensure adequate privacy and security of personal health information (Hoyt,2014). With meaningful use, there are three stages: stage one begins the process

opportunities for facilities to improve quality, delivery, safety and access to care. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act states that healthcare professionals and facilities that are eligible would qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments. In order to qualify for these incentive payments, they must adopt and implement a certified electronic health record technology and meets specified objectives in a meaningful way. This paper will discuss the history

potential for health IT to enhance the safety of health care delivery has been regarded for quite a long time. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act,

Obama into law on Feb. 17, 2009, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) economic stimulus bill. • What does the term "meaningful use" mean about the HITECH Act? A: The term Meaningful use is using certified electronic health record (EHR) technology to maintain privacy and secure patient health information, by improving care coordination, population, and public health, help patients and family to be engaged in

improve American health care delivery and patient care through an unprecedented investment in Health Information Technology (HIT) (healthit.gov). Technology is changing fast and the use of digital technology has transformed the way people exchange and use information. Laptops, smartphones, tablets, and other digital devices are now the main tools that people use to create and send information. In order to cope up with these changes, the healthcare industry must adapt the use of technology to record