Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 152-153 , February 2010

Health Care Reform Through Meaningful Use of Health Care IT: Implications for Radiologists

  • Ramin Khorasani, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationRamin Khorasani, MD, MPH, Department of Radiology and Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 15 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115

References 

  1. US Department of Health and Human Services. Health information technology (IT). http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/index.html#HealthAccessed November 8, 2009
  2. US Department of Health and Human Services. HHS names David Blumenthal as national coordinator for health information technology. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/03/20090320b.htmlAccessed November 8, 2009
  3. US Department of Health and Human Services. Meaningful use. http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1325&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=1&mode=2Accessed November 8, 2009
  4. US Department of Health and Human Services. Health IT Policy Council recommendations to national coordinator for defining meaningful use: final—August 2009. http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_10741_888532_0_0_18/FINAL%20MU%20RECOMMENDATIONS%20TABLE.pdfAccessed November 8, 2009
  5. Thrall JH. Meaningful use of certified EHR technology for the radiology specialty. http://www.acr.org/SecondaryMainMenuCategories/GR_Econ/FeaturedCategories/federal/ACRCommentstotheHHSHITPolicyCommitteeMeaningfulUsePart2.aspxAccessed November 8, 2009
  6. Khorasani R. Too much information! What we need from IT beyond image manipulation tools. J Am Coll Radiol. 2007;4:925–926

PII: S1546-1440(09)00583-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.11.004

Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 152-153 , February 2010