Meaningful Use of EHRs - Quick Reference Grids

The federal HITECH programs promise that with the help of health IT, health care providers will have:

• Accurate and complete information about a patient's health.
• The ability to better coordinate the care they give.
• A way to securely share information with patients and their family caregivers over the Internet, for patients who opt for this convenience.
• Information to help doctors diagnose health problems sooner, reduce medical errors, and provide safer care at lower costs

These benefits will be accomplished through meaningful use of health IT, accomplished in stages with associated incentives from the federal programs.  Stage 1 Meaningful Use requirements were released in the summer of 2010. 

The ONC recently released quick reference grids to navigating the standards and certification criteria from the final rule.  Check them out at Meaningful Use Mashups.