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28 de ago. de 2012 · Learn how the CMS and ONC rules for Meaningful Use Stage 2 promote interoperability and exchange of health information across providers and patients. Find out the common standards, implementation specifications, testing platform, and exchange criteria for Stage 2.
5 de sept. de 2014 · Learn about the core and menu objectives, timeline, and changes for Meaningful Use Stage 2, which was renamed to Promoting Interoperability in 2018. Find out how to qualify for incentive payments and avoid penalties as an eligible professional, hospital, or critical access hospital.
Learn about the Meaningful Use (MU) program that provides incentives and penalties for using certified electronic health records (EHRs). Find out the current requirements for Modified Stage 2 and Stage 3, how to select and use EHR technology, and how to avoid the 2017 MU penalty.
Meaningful use (MU) Stage 2 introduces three transport standards for use in healthcare information transport. The purpose of this paper is to: Summarize the transport standards and their purposes; Provide practical guidance to apply one or more of these standards in a MU Stage 2
What Does Stage 2 Mean to You? New Criteria – Starting in 2014, providers participating in the EHR Incentive Programs who have met Stage 1 for two or three years will need to meet meaningful use Stage 2 criteria. Improving Patient Care – Stage 2 includes new objectives to improve patient care through better clinical decision
In the first year of participation, providers must demonstrate meaningful use for a 90-day EHR reporting period; in subsequent years, providers will demonstrate meaningful use for a full year EHR reporting period (an entire fiscal year for hospitals or an entire calendar year for EPs) except in 2014, which is described below.
Through the Stage 2 requirements of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, CMS seeks to expand the meaningful use of certified EHR technology.
