The Federal Electronic Health Record Strategy and "Meaningful Use"

In a presentation given at the InterSystems DEVCON2010 event, Dr. John Glaser, CIO at Partners HealthCare, Boston, used his perspective gained as a CIO and advisor to the U.S. government to clarify the federal electronic health record (EHR) strategy. Watch this video to learn about:

  • The issues behind the drive for EHR adoption

  • The government’s EHR strategy and how it all fits together

  • The definitions of “meaningful use”

  • The quantified benefits and risks of compliance or non-compliance

  • How organizations can become meaningful users of healthcare information technology

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For nearly a year Dr. John Glaser, CIO at Partners HealthCare, Boston, served as Senior Adviser to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. And as CIO he has led development of the Partners HealthCare strategy for meaningful use compliance. Partners HealthCare is a longtime InterSystems customer and user of InterSystems Caché® high-performance object database and InterSystems Ensemble® rapid integration and development platform.