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The Department of Health and Human Services has moved the start date for Stage 2 of the electronic health records meaningful use program from 2013 to 2014. The initial HHS announcement did not make clear which providers were eligible to wait until 2014. Federal officials this summer had voiced su

One-third of office-based physicians have a "basic" electronic health records or electronic medical records system, according to preliminary figures from the federal 2011 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. A "basic" system supports patient history and demographics, problem lists, physician

More than 100,000 primary care physicians have committed to work with regional extension centers to achieve meaningful use of electronic health records, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. The HITECH Act-funded RECs target assistance programs to