I doubt Amazing Charts, in its current form, even version 4 will be eligible for the stimulus (bailout / government handout) payment. Is there any way to improve it just enough to pass? I know the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) certification is a huge hurdle.
Here is a edited post from Athenahealth on the subject:
athenahealth welcomes President Obama’s February 17th, 2009 signing of the Healthcare Information Technology (HITECH) Act (part of the Stimulus package known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act). ...
... The act includes up to $44,000 in total incentives per physician for “meaningful use” of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) starting in 2011. (Note: Physicians reimbursed by Medicaid can receive up to 65,000 based on state defined guidelines.) As you may have read, many of the specifics of the act will be written and released over the next year. ...
Though the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is currently shaping the details of the HITECH act, the following provisions are already clear.
In order to qualify for incentive payments, physicians must:
Use a “certified” EHR: The act does not specify what “certification” will mean or who provide certification. (Note, there is general consensus that the certifying organization will be the independent Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT). ... What the act does specify is that to be qualified as a certified EHR, the certified technology must include patient demographic and clinical health information and have the capacity to provide clinical decision and physician order entry. ...
Demonstrate “meaningful use” of an EHR. Again, HHS will be defining what “meaningful use” means in the year ahead. ... The following conditions for “meaningful use” have already been identified. The EHR must:
Use ePrescribing: ...
Electronically exchange information: ...
Submit clinical quality measures: ...
