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Nationwide yes - The program is commonly referred to as Meaningful Use. There were a number of requirements related to data exchange, and it moved the needle sl
by nwhatt 9y ago
Nationwide yes - The program is commonly referred to as Meaningful Use. There were a number of requirements related to data exchange, and it moved the needle slightly.
All the requirements are written as a numerator/denominator format. For example, 25% of all lab orders placed by a provider need to be resulted electronically. So there's an incentive to integrate some things, but not all.
Edit: here are the 2015 rules and accompanying underlying standards:
https://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/2015-edition-test-method https://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/201...
- lbhnact 9y agoWithout bickering over MU requirements, you'd probably note that MU has been almost entirely ineffective at solving actual care problems with data exchange. Of 50 state exchanges, most have collapsed, with only occasional use of the ad-hoc implementations and networks that remain. And people dying everyday while vendors like ECW get wrist-slaps for lying to CMS about their MU compliance. -http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/eclinicalworks-pay-155-million-settle-suit-alleging-it-faked-meaningful-use-certification http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/eclinicalworks-pay-155-...
- nwhatt 9y agoAgreed - there is still a huge hurdle of connecting all the fiefdoms of healthcare - my colleague calls it the connectivity problem: https://www.redoxengine.com/blog/the-connectivity-problem https://www.redoxengine.com/blog/the-connectivity-problem When someone asks us to integrate with a small EHR, the first thing we look at is ONC certification. We at least know that they meet some base level of functionality.