Joe Conn reports in ModernHealthcare.com that the ONC’s Health IT Policy Committee met this past week to begin establishing “more stringent” compliance-reimbursement parameters for Stage 2 of meaningful use.

Because crafting Stage 2 parameters is akin to “rid(ing) a bike and fix(ing) it at the same time” members of the HITPC urge caution and prudence, but remain optimistic that the EHR revolution will be realized.

Final recommendations for Stage 2 parameters are expected to be forwarded to the ONC for approval by summer 2011. Stage 2 begins fiscally in 2013 and 2014.

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