Collaborative Comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program

The release of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services‘ (CMS) incentive program for the Meaningful Use of electronic  health records (EHRs) marks a major, positive step forward in the nation‘s efforts to  improve health and health care by putting modern information technology (IT) tools at  the fingertips of medical professionals and consumers alike.

Markle and its partners offer praise for US Department of Health and Human Services for establishing  an important set of priorities and drafting targets that are, in general, both ambitious  and staged to enable broad participation.