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:Standards of Meaningful Use and the Future of Meaningful Use
Slide content:Meaningful Use Summary HITECH Acts goal: Provide incentive to eligible physicians and hospitals to adopt EHRs Eligibility for HITECH Act incentives is provided by meeting the criteria for meaningful use in three stages Meaningful use also requires the reporting of quality measures The HITECH Act has provided over $31B in incentives and substantially increased the adoption of EHRs in the US 23
Slide notes:This also concludes the unit titled Meaningful Use. In summarizing this unit, The goal of the HITECH Act is to provide incentive for the adoption of EHRs by eligible physicians and hospitals Eligibility for HITECH Act incentives is provided by meeting the criteria for meaningful use in three stages Meaningful use also requires the reporting of quality measures And, t he HITECH Act has provided over 31 billion dollars in incentives and substantially increased the adoption of EHRs in the U . S . Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 4.0 23