Meaningful Use in Healthcare has three stages: Stage I focuses on electronically capturing health information and using it to track clinical conditions. Stage II encourages electronic exchange of health information and computerized order entry. Stage III aims to improve quality, safety, efficiency through decision support and patient access to health tools. The goals are to improve clinical outcomes, population health, and healthcare efficiency through use of health information technology based on the HITECH Act.

1. Meaningful Use in Healthcare Meaningful use mostly catagories in three stages: Stage-I - Stage-II Stage-III Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) AIM & GOALS: Improved Clinical Health Outcomes Improved Population Health Outcomes Increased Efficiency in the Health Care System Empowered Individuals Learning Health Care System Stage-I (2011 Yr) Electronically capturing health information in a coded format Using that information to track key clinical conditions and communicating that information for care coordination Implementing clinical decision support tools to facilitate disease and medication management Reporting clinical quality measures and public health information

2. Stage-II (2013 Yr) Encourage the use of health IT for CQI at the point of care Encourage exchange of information in the most structured format possible Orders entered using computerized provider order entry Electronic transmission of diagnostic test results and other such data needed to diagnose and treat disease Stage-III (2015 Yr) Improvements in quality, safety and efficiency, focusing on decision support for national high priority conditions, patient access to self management tools, access to comprehensive patient data and improving population health. Medicaid/Medicare Meaningful Use Incentive Program GOALS : Improving quality, safety, efficiency, and reducing health disparities; Engage patients and families in their health care; Improve care coordination; Improve population and public health; and Ensure adequate privacy and security protections

3. ARRA Enabling Structures Pathway for Exchange State HIE Grants Public Health Infrastructure Standards & Certification, NHIN Privacy & Security Federal Coordination & Planning R&D and Innovation Adoption Medicare & Medicaid Incentives Regional Extension Centers Beacon Communities Workforce Provider & Consumer Demand (Pull) Trusted and Effective EHRs R&D and Innovation Evaluation, Reports & Studies Communications Transparency/Surveillance Privacy & Security Standards & Certification Federal Coordination & Planning