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August 8, 2012

Meaningful Users Shouldn't be Held to Perfection: Work Group

When it comes to hitting meaningful-use targets, batting .800 ought to be good enough.

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Source: ModernHealthcare.com

Members of a work group helping the federal government develop criteria for its electronic health-records incentive payment programs pondered how close to perfection providers should be pushed to be deemed “meaningful users” of EHRs and qualify for payment under the program created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

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