In a letter to CMS and the ONC, AHA noted the rushed timeline and lack of opportunity to review the electronic specifications for clinical quality measures of Stage 2 of meaningful use of electronic health records. This rushed timeline could lead to measures that cannot be implemented, according to the AHA.
The AHA also voiced support for certain changes included in an interim final rule for Stage 2, such as the use of case threshold for reporting clinical quality measures that exempts hospitals with a small number of relevant cases from reporting on the measures, according to the report.
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