title: Creating a real return-on-investment for information system implementation: life after HITECH.
abstract: In 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its final rule describing plans for incentivizing eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals to become meaningful users of electronic health record (EHR) technology using funds provided by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. Beginning in 2011, non-hospital-based EPs can earn monetary benefits for meeting meaningful use criteria through implementation of certified EHR technology. Most anesthesiologists qualify as non-hospital-based EPs under CMS' new hospital-based definition. The authors distill CMS' final rule into its most basic facts and requirements and explain the implications for US anesthesiologists.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Perioperative Outcomes Research, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: Manda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Sachin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kheterpal
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000639:trends; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006278:Medicare; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive / Q000191:economics; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States