Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:Introduction to Health Care and Public Health in the U.S.
Unit:Meaningful Use
Lecture:Meaningful Use Operationalized
Slide content:MU Stages 1-2 Stage 1 (Blumenthal & Tavenner , 2010) Objectives announced in 2010 Program began payments on January 1, 2011 for EPs October 1, 2010 for EHs Stage 2 (Metzger, 2012) Objectives announced in 2012 Start pushed back to 2014 Raised the bar, additional emphasis on patient engagement and health information exchange (HIE ) 6
Slide notes:The original Stages 1 and 2 were announced in 2010 and 2012 respectively. The program started making payments for Stage 1 in October 2010 for eligible hospitals and in January 2011 for eligible professionals. Stage 2 was delayed a year from its original start date and began in 2014. The Stage 2 objectives were announced in 2012 and raised the bar on many of the objectives. There was also additional emphasis on patient engagement and health information exchange, or HIE. 6