How Health Plans, Health Systems, And Others In The Private Sector Can Stimulate ‘Meaningful Use’

Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act authorize incentive payments to hospitals and clinicians who become "meaningful users" of health information technology (IT). We argue that various private-sector entities-commercial payers, employers, consumer groups, health care ra...

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Published in:Health Affairs 2010-09, Vol.29 (9), p.1667-1670
Main Authors: Jain, Sachin H., Seidman, Joshua, Blumenthal, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009-US
Computerized physician order entry
Consumer groups
Consumers
Design
Electronic health records
Employers
Health care
Health care policy
Health insurance
Hospitals
Incentives
Information technology
Insurance industry
Medicaid
Medicare
Physicians
Private sector
Studies
Technology adoption
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Summary:Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act authorize incentive payments to hospitals and clinicians who become "meaningful users" of health information technology (IT). We argue that various private-sector entities-commercial payers, employers, consumer groups, health care ratings organizations, large provider organizations, and regulatory bodies-can further accelerate health IT adoption by implementing strategies that are complementary to the Medicare and Medicaid incentive programs. This paper describes these strategies and potential approaches to implementation. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0766