Greater Health Information Exchange In Next Phase Of HIT Meaningful Use
Executive Summary
More stringent requirements for health information exchange, as well as clinical decision support, will be a part of the next phase of requirements to demonstrate the meaningful use of health information technology, HHS' David Blumenthal said.
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