A report released by an independent task
force concludes that meaningful use stages 1 and 2 "fall short of
achieving meaningful use in any practical sense" because of the lack of
interoperability among electronic health records. The report urges CMS
to create a "truly interoperable health data infrastructure" through
Stage 3 objectives. Health Data Management et al.
Meaningful use stages 1 and 2 fall short of implementing the
interoperability among electronic health records that is necessary to
facilitate information exchange and develop a robust health data
infrastructure, according to a new report from a taskforce assembled by the MITRE Corporation, Health Data Management reports.
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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.