CMS, ONC issue EHR definition.

The article reports on the regulations issued by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) regarding meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs). The regulations aimed to help implement the EHR incentive programs enacted under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The regulations are open to public comment and are said to be closely linked.