July 13, 2010 - Final Rule on Meaningful Use Issued

Spotlight on StIIMulus: Information on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Stay Informed:

• The ONC issued a final rule on July 13, 2010 defining meaningful use requirements to qualify for incentive payments under the HITECH portion of the ARRA. Read more...
• "Ambitious Timetable for Electronic Medical Records" - Associated Press article, WashingtonPost.com, July 13, 2010
• SIIM joined ACR, RSNA, and the ABR to submit comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and to the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONC) regarding the initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for EHR technology as applied to the radiology community.
  • Comments submitted to CMS, March 12, 2010
  • Comments submitted to HITECH Initial Set Interim Final Rule, March 12, 2010
    
• Integrating Medical Images and the EHR -- the Time Is Now (PPT); presentation by Janice Honeyman-Buck, PhD, FSIIM at HIMSS 2010
  • Radiology and IT Department Need to Marry their Skills - Health Imaging, March 4, 2010
• Proposed definition of "meaningful use" of EHR technology announced by CMS - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Press Release
• A discussion of the phrase "Meaningful Use" by Bradley Erickson, MD, PhD, FSIIM, Chair
  
  SIIM/Journal of Digital Imaging Blog stimulates dialogue on "meaningful use" with a focus on practical near-term targets
  
  
• "An Open Letter to Dr. Blumenthal" by SIIM member Joe Marion, MBA. Healthcare-Informatics.com, August 23, 2009
• SIIM LinkedIn discussion page
• SIIM 2009 Annual Meeting Economic Stimulus Package Session
  
  "Stimulus Opportunities More Ephemeral than Monetary"
  Statread, June 4, 2009.

Panelists: Eliot Siegel, MD; David Mendelson, MD; and Bradley Erickson, MD, PhD

• Capitol Hill Briefing Shines Light on Imaging, EHR
  
  Diagnostic Imaging and the Electronic Health Record (PPT); presentation by Eliot L. Siegel, MD, June 23, 2009 at CIBR Capitol Hill Briefing

Resources/Links of Interest:

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Meaningful Use website
• The CMS's Proposed Rule: Electronic Health Record Incentive Program and Fact Sheets
• The ONC's Interim Final Rule
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (PDF - 1.07 MB)
• HHS Recovery Overview
• Health Information Technology Recovery - Department of Health & Human Services
• News Releases, June 19, 2009: Process Begins to Define "Meaningful Use" of Electronic Health Records
• "Comparative Effectiveness Research" (CER) - Draft Definition
• National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) - Recovery Funding
• Academy of Radiology Research (ARR)
• Coalition for Imaging and Bioengineering Research (CIBR)
• Meaningful Use of Certified EHR Technology: FAQ (ACR)