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What is HITECH? ✔️✔️In 2009, Congress amended HIPAA by passing the Health
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. This law updated
many of HIPAA's privacy and security requirements and was implemented through the HIPAA
Omnibus Rule in 2013.
What does Division A of the HITECH act address ✔️✔️development, adoption, and
implementation of HIT policies and standards and provides enhanced privacy and security
protections for patient info
What does division B for the HITECH act address ✔️✔️medicare and medicaid HIT and
provides the significant financial incentives to healthcare professional and hospitals that adopted
HIT and engaged in meaningful use of EHRs
Why was meaningful use developed ✔️✔️as an incentive [rogram to assure EHRs are used
according to standard to acheive quality, safety, and efficiency measures
HITECH is part of: ✔️✔️American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
HITECH is title....division..... ✔️✔️title XIII (13), division A of the ARRA
,What did the HITECH Act do? ✔️✔️offer financial incentive for meaningful use and EHRs
access to EHRs by all providers and providing every patient with an EHR are parts of the ...........
✔️✔️HITECH Act
how does HITECH define health information technology ✔️✔️any services or software that
are sold for use as part of health information used by healthcare professionals or patients
HIT is key according to the NQS (National quality strategy) to achieve what 3 improvements
✔️✔️better car
affordable care
healthy populations
what is certified EHR technology ✔️✔️EHR software that is approved by governing agencies
and meets specific standards
what is electronic enterprise integration ✔️✔️linking healthcare providers, health plans, the
government, and other interested parties electronically
what is a qualified EHR ✔️✔️an EHR that supports clinical documentation and decisions and
is capable of capturing, logging, and sharing that information
, what does a qualified EHR contain ✔️✔️patients demographic and clinical health information
including medical hx and a list of health problems
what office was established by the HITECH act ✔️✔️office of the national coordinator for
health information technology (ONC)
what is meaningful use ✔️✔️-an incentive program to encourage the adoption of EHR
-doesn't cover the total cost of EHRs
-need to use EHR in a meaningful way (certain criteria had to be met)
-fostered faster adoption rates of EHR
EHR versus EHRS ✔️✔️EHR - the record, EHRS - the software that enables use of the
information
EHRS includes ✔️✔️CPOE (computerized practitioner order entry)
CDS (clinical decision systems)
practitioner documentation capability
the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health
information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions --- what is this
✔️✔️health literacy
Solutions
What is HITECH? ✔️✔️In 2009, Congress amended HIPAA by passing the Health
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. This law updated
many of HIPAA's privacy and security requirements and was implemented through the HIPAA
Omnibus Rule in 2013.
What does Division A of the HITECH act address ✔️✔️development, adoption, and
implementation of HIT policies and standards and provides enhanced privacy and security
protections for patient info
What does division B for the HITECH act address ✔️✔️medicare and medicaid HIT and
provides the significant financial incentives to healthcare professional and hospitals that adopted
HIT and engaged in meaningful use of EHRs
Why was meaningful use developed ✔️✔️as an incentive [rogram to assure EHRs are used
according to standard to acheive quality, safety, and efficiency measures
HITECH is part of: ✔️✔️American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
HITECH is title....division..... ✔️✔️title XIII (13), division A of the ARRA
,What did the HITECH Act do? ✔️✔️offer financial incentive for meaningful use and EHRs
access to EHRs by all providers and providing every patient with an EHR are parts of the ...........
✔️✔️HITECH Act
how does HITECH define health information technology ✔️✔️any services or software that
are sold for use as part of health information used by healthcare professionals or patients
HIT is key according to the NQS (National quality strategy) to achieve what 3 improvements
✔️✔️better car
affordable care
healthy populations
what is certified EHR technology ✔️✔️EHR software that is approved by governing agencies
and meets specific standards
what is electronic enterprise integration ✔️✔️linking healthcare providers, health plans, the
government, and other interested parties electronically
what is a qualified EHR ✔️✔️an EHR that supports clinical documentation and decisions and
is capable of capturing, logging, and sharing that information
, what does a qualified EHR contain ✔️✔️patients demographic and clinical health information
including medical hx and a list of health problems
what office was established by the HITECH act ✔️✔️office of the national coordinator for
health information technology (ONC)
what is meaningful use ✔️✔️-an incentive program to encourage the adoption of EHR
-doesn't cover the total cost of EHRs
-need to use EHR in a meaningful way (certain criteria had to be met)
-fostered faster adoption rates of EHR
EHR versus EHRS ✔️✔️EHR - the record, EHRS - the software that enables use of the
information
EHRS includes ✔️✔️CPOE (computerized practitioner order entry)
CDS (clinical decision systems)
practitioner documentation capability
the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health
information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions --- what is this
✔️✔️health literacy
