title: How health plans, health systems, and others in the private sector can stimulate 'meaningful use'.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, USA. sachin.jian@hhs.gov
authors.forename: Sachin H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seidman
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blumenthal
mesh_terms: D057171:American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; D054626:Consumer Health Information; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D063005:Health Information Systems / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D037141:Mandatory Programs; D062527:Meaningful Use / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017149:Private Sector; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D013221:State Health Plans; D014481:United States