Posted: January 26th, 2016

Describe the timeline and the potential financial impact to the individual healthcare providers who are involved in Meaningful Use of the program.

1. Explain how the arrangement should be established to permit the hospital to assist the healthcare providers in obtaining electronic health records.

2. Describe the timeline and the potential financial impact to the individual healthcare providers who are involved in Meaningful Use of the program.

3. Discuss the benefits of using health IT within the ACO program.

4. Discuss the implementation specifications that each individual healthcare provider as a member of the ACO must implement within his or her own facility and as part of a larger ACO to protect the security, confidentiality, privacy, and integrity of patient information.