Stage 3 Future is Already Here; It’s Just Not Evenly Distributed

Healthcare Informatics: We are regularly reminded that Stage 3 of meaningful use will shift the focus from EHR deployment and data exchange to the health outcomes improvement the technology is designed to enable. But of course some organizations are already past the implementation phase and are working on realizing those outcome improvements. That Stage 3 future is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed. (That’s one reason the Health IT Policy Committee is trying to come up with a way for providers to “deem” that they are meaningful users on the basis of health quality improvements.)

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