Year: 2010
Resolution Number: 59
Action Taken: Approved
Status:
Author(s): Ponon Dileep Kumar, MD
Sponsor: Michael L. Gambel, MD
On behalf of: International Medical Graduate Section
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with the federal government and the Department of Health and Human Services to set realistic targets for meaningful use of electronic health records such as percentage of computerized order entry, electronic prescribing, and percentage of inclusion of laboratory values; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with the federal government and Department of Health and Human Services to postpone the adoption period of electronic health records (EHR) to 2012 and provide more than 50 percent of the total incentives during the first year of implementing the EHR.
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with the federal government and the Department of Health and Human Services to set realistic targets for meaningful use of electronic health records such as percentage of computerized order entry, electronic prescribing, and percentage of inclusion of laboratory values; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to work with the federal government and Department of Health and Human Services to postpone the adoption period of electronic health records (EHR) to 2012 and provide more than 50 percent of the total incentives during the first year of implementing the EHR.
Fiscal Note: NULL
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