According to HIMSS, meaningful use was the no. 1 priority of hospital information technology departments for 2011, and is likely to continue as a top concern. Meaningful use of certified health ...

Editor's Note: The post below is by David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and Don Berwick, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The definition of "Meaningful Use" in ARRA is one of the most critical decision points of the new administration's healthcare IT efforts. That definition will influence the types of products that will ...

If you worked in healthcare back in 2009, you surely have an opinion on the topic of meaningful use. You likely recall the blissful optimism the healthcare community had when the policy was first ...

Even though the final requirements for stage 2 and 3 of meaningful use are yet to be released, the preliminary recommendations made by the Health Information Technology Policy Committee’s meaningful ...

e-Patient Dave (right) while on a panel at Health 2.0 As is well known by now, part of the federal stimulus package included $19 billion for electronic medical records (EMR) implementation -- and part ...

The following article is written by Sean Benson, cofounder and vice president of consulting with ProVation Medical, part of Wolters Kluwer Health. The march towards meaningful use (MU) has created a ...