Federal health authorities will face several problems implementing the electronic exchange of patient lab results as part of an electronic health record (EHR) system, members of a federal advisory workgroup said at a meeting today.
The workgroup is a task force of the Health IT Policy Committee that advises the Health and Human Services Department’s (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health information technology. HHS plans to release regulations later this year on how to distribute $19 billion in economic stimulus funding to doctors and hospitals that buy and "meaningfully use" certified EHR systems.
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