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Lawmakers Urge HHS To Halt Stage 2 EHR Incentive Payments
House Ways and Means Committee Chair Dave Camp and three
other Republican House leaders sent a letter asking HHS to suspend
incentive payments for Stage 2 of the meaningful use program. The letter
claims that nearly $10 billion might have been wasted because the rules
for Stage 2 are "weaker" than the rules for Stage 1 of the program. Cardiovascular Business et al.
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Ethics and HIT
Challenges...
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
- patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
- transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
- institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
- vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.