Final Rules for “Meaningful Use” for Electronic Health Records

This morning, the final regulations to satisfy “meaningful use” were announced. A good summary is available here - The “Meaningful Use” Regulation for Electronic Health Records.
My summary is that the team brought together by the ONC, led by Dr. David Blumenthal, has done a great job in creating a reasonable process to satisfy the requirements in order to receive bonus payments for EHR use. They have obviously worked hard and listened.
This will dramatically increase the level of interest and the number of physicians that participate. It is now within reasonable reach of even small medical practices.
Once testing entities are established for EHR certification, later this year, we intend to obtain the necessary ARRA/HHS Certification so that practices using SOAPware will have all the necessary technical capabilities to satisfy meaningful use.