From the PSM blog: Governmental agencies release electronic health records standards
Patient Safety Monitor Alert
January 6, 2010
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health released two regulations that provided the definition of "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs) as well as the standards to improve the efficiency of health information technology used nationwide by hospitals and physicians. The regulations will go into effect 30 days after being published in the Federal Register, and the public will have a 60-day comment period.
