Category Archives: Meaningful Use

Meeting federal meaningful use requirements

Drug allergies meet paper records

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Tara Courtland

Like everyone else in the healthcare industry, I’ve been focused a lot on Meaningful Use implementation and the rise of EHRs. We all do a lot of grumbling about the cost and complications of change but I got a good … Continue reading →

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Meaningful Use Stage 2 – Transcription in the crystal ball

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Rick Bisson

Do you remember the big crystal ball in the original Wizard of Oz?  As a kid I remember daydreaming about what I could foresee if I possessed the magical ball. I haven’t seen “Oz: The Great and Powerful” yet but … Continue reading →

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MU Stage 3??? But I’m not ready for Stage 2 yet!

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Linda Sullivan

Healthcare providers and facilities are deep into figuring out how to meet the Meaningful Use Stage 2 criteria. Meanwhile, criteria for Meaningful Use Stage 3 are being considered. Wasn’t one of the primary goals of EMR/EHR adoption to allow patients … Continue reading →

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Ready or not, here comes Stage 2!

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Linda Sullivan

As 2012 is closing out, Meaningful Use Stage 2 is closing in. As we all know, the leap from Stage 1 to Stage 2 is a huge one. While physicians and hospitals have until the end of 2014 to meet … Continue reading →

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Stop fighting the AMA on Meaningful Use

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Linda Sullivan

It’s hard to believe that just three years ago or so the phrase “Meaningful Use” meant something entirely different than what we in the medical world now understand it to be (that is, if you truly and completely do understand … Continue reading →

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