Hitech Act Essay

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The HITECH Act is the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health act passed in 2009. The main points of the act concern security and the technology surrounding the Electronic Health Record (EHR) of each patient. They are in three stages:

Stage 1: This stage is primarily for meaningful use of an EHR in a clinical setting. The EHR technology the physician uses must meet at least 15 requirements and 5 “menu” criteria that are listed in the HITECH Act. The EHR used must be able to store patient demographic information, an e-prescribing with drug interaction alert content, and contain patient’s insurance information.

Stage2: Stage 2 builds upon the foundation of the EHR’s meaningful to now include clinical oversight of diseases/disorders,

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