Meaningful Use

Every now and then a string of words will get put together, and peoples ears perk up, and you realize that you've created a new meme. That happened to me at the HIMSS Standards and Interoperability panel presentation.

Lawrence Losey, MD, talks about his role as CMIO at Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Brunswick, Maine.

Anyone who understands the importance of continuity of care knows that health information exchange is essential. How are we supposed to cut waste and duplication from the healthcare system and truly focus on patient welfare if doctor B has no idea what tests doctor A conducted, or what the results were?

Bill McQuaid, CIO of Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Brunswick, Maine, discusses Parkview's health IT accomplishments and preparations for meaningful use Stage 2 with Bernie Monegain, Editor of Healthcare IT News.

Barry Blumenfeld, MD, MS, CIO of MaineHealth and Maine Medical Center, discusses rollout of the Epic EMR, the slow adoption of voice recognition, and his relief over the recent presidential election for the state of healthcare IT.

Healthcare IT News Associate Editor Erin McCann talks with Stephen Beck, MD, CMIO of Catholic Health Partners in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mike Miliard, Managing Editor for Healthcare IT News, speaks to William Spooner of Sharp HealthCare about meaningful use Stage 2 and the challenging road ahead.

We sit down with Brantley Whittington, president of EHR vendor Extormity, provider of the world's most expensive, exasperating, and exhausting electronic health record. Mr. Whittington talks about HIMSS12 trends, the rising costs of HIT, and why he's lobbying for a stage 4 and 5 meaningful use within the next 24 months.