The race is officially on. EMR vendors have been busy since the beginning of the year to prepare their systems to meet the requirements of Meaningful Use – Stage 1. Now, one of the biggest questions marks in the process is a giant step closer to being answered. On one of the biggest stages possible [...]

This past week I had the opportunity to speak with about 30 CFOs. Some were from community hospitals and others were from critical access hospitals. All were there for the same reason: to learn about the federal EHR Incentive Program. But before I went into the details of Stage 1 of “Meaningful Use” I took [...]

With the excitement of Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin) in the 1979 film “The Jerk” I was thrilled to see the government release the definition of meaningful use at the end of 2009. The nearly 600 page document was as big as the phonebook that contained Navin R. Johnson’s new listing and made him “somebody” [...]