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June 2014 IntroductionAcross the country, jurisdictions are becoming increasingly cognizant of the enormous number of dollars they spend every year on health care provided in local and county jails, the opportu-nities to offset those expenditures under Medicaid expansion in some states, and the need for health information technology (health IT) in order to fully leverage those opportunities. And, like other health care providers exploring health IT implementation, they are weighing whether to participate in the federal government s incentive programs to promote adoption of elec-tronic health record (EHR) systems, which are commonly referred to as Meaningful use. Meaningful use is the linchpin of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, estab-lished under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act to provide incentive payments to eligible providers that adopt and demonstrate mean-ingful use of certified EHR technology.
June 2014 Meaningful Use and Corrections: Unknown Opportunities 2 Although jails are critical safety net providers, historically they have not been recognized as
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