The new Stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama (2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) has many items for funding for physicians and interconnectivity of EMR systems. This bill will NOT provide grants to physicians to procure an EMR but it will incentivize providers to use an EMR and have it operational fully by the end of 2010.

There are many public interpretations of the stimulus bill today and some of the better ones are posted here. This could help you in understanding what this new law may mean to COEMR customers.

Stimulus Plan detailed information:

HITECH Update (pdf) - View

Webinar (July 2009) for the HITECH Stimulus Act v103 (pdf) - View

Webinar (June 2009) for the HITECH Stimulus Act v102 (pdf) - View

HIMSS Meaningful use proposal (pdf) - View

Clinicians, HIT and Usability (pdf) - View

Post by John Halamka, CIO of Harvard Medical School (pdf) - View

eClinicalWorks take on the HITECH Act (pdf) - View

eClinicalWorks Interpretation of Stimulus Act (pdf) - View

eClinicalWorks HITECH Act white-paper (pdf) - View

HIMSS Presentation of New standards to be required (pdf) - View

HIMSS: ARRA and Ramifications on Healthcare Quality (pdf) - View

Presentation made on 3/4/2009 nationwide by HIMSS (pdf) - View

Presentation on the HITECH Act (Stimulus Act) by Dr. John Halamka of Harvard Medical School: (pdf) - Open

MGMA interpretation (link) - Open