Meaningful Use provides $20 billion to support adoption of electronic health records with the goals of improving health care quality, safety and efficiency through better care coordination and information sharing while strengthening privacy protections. It pursues these aims through a staged approach encouraging use of certified electronic records to capture complete health data, better diagnose issues, and engage patients for safer, lower cost care.

1. 1st Base

2. Meaningful Use is part of the HITECH Act
Health Information Technology for Economic and
Clinical Health Act
•Investing $20 billion in health
information technology
• Saving $10 billion, through care
coordination, reductions in
medical errors and duplicative
care.
• Strengthening Federal privacy
and security law to protect
health information

3. Meaningful Use a Staged Approach

4. Why Use Certified Electronic Health Records (EHR)
• Capture accurate and complete
health information to provide
the best possible care.
• Better coordination and sharing
of health information.
• Safer care at a lower cost –
diagnose problems sooner and
reduce medical errors.

5. The Priorities of Meaningful Use
1. Increase 22. Engage
quality, safety, patients and
efficiency, and families
reduce health
disparities
4. Improve
3. Improve population
care health
coordination
5. Ensure privacy and security protections