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PA E-Health Initiative - Spring 2012President Message from Sharon DorogyAs Chair of the 2012 Board of PAeHI, I invite you to become part of our engaged community that is connecting Pennsylvanians to better health by becoming involved in our 8th Annual HealthCare IT Summit on May 23rd from 8-5pm at the PA Medical Society. more CMS Proposes Definition Of Stage 2 Meaningful Use Of Certified Electronic Health Records (EHR) TechnologyOn February 24th, CMS announced a proposed rule for Stage 2 requirements for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, eligible healthcare professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) can qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments when they adopt certified EHR technology and use it to demonstrate "meaningful use" of that technology by achieving set objectives. more Commonwealth Corner by Robert Torres, State HIT CoordinatorOver the past several months, the focus of the Pennsylvania eHealth Collaborative has shifted from development to implementation of our strategic plan. more Department of Public Welfare Updatesubmitted by Matt McGeorge, OMAP HIT Coordinator and Pamela Zemaitis, OMAP HIT Communications Coordinator more |
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