Healthcare IT News reports on Stage 2

Healthcare IT interviewed me a few weeks ago about our success with Stage 2 Meaningful Use.  Then the ONC panel hearings were conducting this week showing a paltry number of Hospitals that have attested, only 10.   That prompted Tom Sullivan to send out this updated report which included my interview and a nice picture of me to boot!   Thanks Tom.

Link to the source article:  Healthcare IT News


Yet against the backdrop of EHR vendors struggling to keep pace with meaningful use, and the most recent progress report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, it's terribly difficult to discern whether Stage 2 is shaping up to be a hard-driving push toward interoperable EHRs or the sort of party to which numerous invitations are sent, the table is set, and so many seats remain empty.
Balancing dangers of 'backsliding' with reality
DuBois CIO Johnson spoke clearly when he addressed the HIT Policy Committee Tuesday morning: Do not lower the standards bar.
"I'm concerned about backsliding even within our own organization," Johnson continued. "It's too easy to get distracted with ACOs and all the other initiatives. I do appreciate the ICD-10 delay, but it's still out there and a distraction moving forward."
DuBois may be among the elite healthcare providers far enough along with meaningful use and other federal mandates to actually want to push forward, but among the overwhelming percentage trailing -- some of whom, like Mountain States, are veritable first-movers -- there are increasingly loud cries that Stage 2 is overly burdensome, costly, and requires measures beyond providers control.