Meaningful Use Resources

• http://www.meaningfuluse.org/
• http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt/community/healthit_hhs_gov__meaningful_use_resources/3006

ASHP’s role in Meaningful Use

• Call on Agencies to Recognize Pharmacists in Meaningful Use Regulations
• ASHP Guidelines on Medication-Use Evaluation [PDF]
• Pushing CMS to Recognize Pharmacists [PDF]
• Meaningful Use Summary Tool for Pharmacists developed by the Section Advisory Group on Clinical Information Systems
• Meaningful Use Quality Measures Pharmacist Reference Tool [XLS] developed by the Section Advisory Group on Clinical Information Systems
• Meaningful Use Conformance Dashboard 2012-2013 - STAGE I and STAGE II [XLS]

Summer Meeting 2011 - Denver, CO

Meeting Highlights

• An Update on Meaningful Use and the EHR: What We Have Learned and What's on the Horizon

Summer Meeting 2010 - Tampa, FL

Meeting Highlights

• Achievement of Meaningful Use with EHRs
• What You Need to Know About the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) and Health Information Technology (HIT) but Were Afraid to Ask

Webinar

ASHP Connect

Discuss your institution's journey to meeting the Meaningful Use requirements
Meaningful Use of the Electronic Health Record Community

Professional Organizations

• Pharmacy e-Health Information Technology Collaborative (Pe-HITC)
  • Collaborative Outreach
• Health Information and Management Systems (HIMSS)
  • Meaningful Use OneSource
  • Certification, Criteria, and Standards
  • Leveraging HIT in Quality & Price Reporting
• American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
  • Federal Government News
  • Comments to NCVHS Hearings on Meaningful Use [PDF]
  • Pharmacy Perspective by AMIA Pharmacoinformatics Working Group
• College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
  • CIO's Guide to Implementing EHRs in the HITECH era
  • CHiME: Health Care Leader Action Guide on Implementation of Electronic Health Records
• Meaningful Use for Hospitals: The Top Ten Challenges
• Health Policy Brief

Federal Connections

• Center for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS)
  • EHR Incentive Programs
  • Meaningful Use and Standards for the EHR Incentive Program: Fact Sheet
  • Electronic Specifications for Capturing, Storing, and Secured Sharing
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
  • Being a Meaningful User of Electronic Health Records
  • Certification of Health IT Products
  • General Information on Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use
  • Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology - Final Rule
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  • E-Prescribing Workflow
  • Health Information Technology Research Center

Blogs/Discussion

• Wall Street Journal
• Health IT Buzz
• Involving Pharmacy in the Pursuit of Meaningful Use
• Meaningful Use, Standards, and Quality Measures
• Meaningful Use Regulation for Electronic Health Records
• Hospital Pharmacists Worry about Definition of ‘Meaningful Use’
• Update on Meaningful Use: CSC Report on Final Rules
• Meaningful Use’ IT Provision Deemed a Game-Changer
• Towards Meaningful Medication-Related CDS Recommendation for an Initial Implementation

Vendors

• Meditech MU Webpage
• Eclipsys MU Webpage
• Siemens MU Webpage
• Sage MU Whitepaper