Spotlight on StIIMulus (ARRA)

Information on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

The deadline to submit comments on the proposed rule defining meaningful use for Medicare EHR incentive programs is March 15, 2010. Act now and make your voice heard so that images are included in nationwide HIT planning. Submit a comment here.

Stay Informed:

• 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 stimuluates 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:

• 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)