The meaningful use program makes a good start at getting patients more information about their health, but advocates are already looking for a higher bar in stage 2. A first draft of those criteria are out, reviewed in this follow-on article to the February cover story.

The 2011 Consulting/Outsourcing Guide was published in the February 2011 Journal of AHIMA. This special advertising section is published annually by AHIMA to promote health information [...]

The online version of the February practice brief “Fundamentals of the Legal Health Record and Designated Record Set” includes three new appendixes. Appendix A lists documents and [...]

It is hard to say just what patient-centered care is, but just about everyone agrees that we lack it. The meaningful use program has focused providers, vendors, and consumer advocates around some basic first steps.