October 16, 2009

EHR Certification: Providers Perspective

This presentation, from the 2009 OPEN MINDS Institute for Behavioral Health Informatics, was given by Stephen Christian Michaels, Chief Operating Officer, Family Services of Western Pennsylvania.

The $19 billion health information technology investment authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act presents a landmark opportunity to improve our nation's health care system. This key piece of President Obama's policy agenda encourages doctors and hospitals to embrace health information technology solutions in order to strengthen and modernize the infrastructure upon which our health care system runs. This presentation outlines issues around privacy rules and the status of behavioral health electronic health records certification and implications for stakeholders.