Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has sent letters to 31 U.S. hospitals asking about their experiences in implementing health IT under the $19 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). He is seeking to ensure the “effective and efficient use of taxpayer money” in implementing health IT, such as computerized provider order entry systems and EHRs.
U.S. hospitals are only halfway to qualifying for Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) draft rules, which could equate to EHR incentive payments for up-to-date hospitals, according to a survey released this week by IT company Computer Sciences’ (CSC) Healthcare Group.
Ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, has sent a letter to 10 health IT companies requesting consumer complaint information about their health IT products.
Written by Jeff Byers
Achieving meaningful use for EHR systems won’t be easy--but is possible, according to a report published in September by the Computer Science Corporation, “Meaningful Use for Hospitals: The Top Ten Challenges.”
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