Witnesses attending the Congressional Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation’s hearing on Meaningful Use on Nov. 14 overwhelmingly testified in favor of the program and called for ongoing support from the government.

Meeting Meaningful Use requirements can be difficult for all provider organizations, but residency programs encounter distinct challenges, according to commentary published in the October issue of Hawai’i Journal of Medicine & Public Health.

Inconsistent practices for maintaining problem lists create challenges for sharing health records and standard policies should be adopted to address the issue, according to research published Nov. 11 by BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's HIT Policy Committee has released a copy of its proposed recommendations for Meaningful Use Stage 3 for public comment.

The Stage 2 Meaningful Use specification sheets are now available for both eligible professionals and eligible hospitals and critical-access hospitals to help them participate in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.

The number of registered EHR incentive program participants and incentive payment recipients continues to rise, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The theme for this week appears to be improvement and various ways in which health IT can do better.

The Tennessee Department of Health wants to follow in the Department of Veterans Affairs footsteps and replace its aging computer system with open-source technology.