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A key step in the national initiative toward the adoption of electronic health records was announced today. The first set of technology review bodies have been authorized to test and certify electronic health records systems. EHR vendors can now begin to have their products certified as meeting criteria to support meaningful use....more

The money could begin flowing from Medicare to providers for the purchase of electronic health-record systems as early as May 2011, a CMS official said today. ...more

The CMS and HHS' Office of the National Coordinator issued their much-anticipated final meaningful-use information technology regulations that hospitals and physicians must follow to tap into some $27.3 billion in financial incentives authorized by the stimulus act. ...more