EHRs and Meaningful Use: A Public Health Challenge von Vibha Kumar

The case study was an assessment of public health professionals challenges faced during the transition process from paper-based medical records to electronic records. Also, the exploration was on the preparedness in implementing the Certified Electronic Health Records Technology (CEHRT) for the Stage-2 Meaningful Use (MU) in the public health districts of Georgia. The case study was the cross case analysis of the embedded units.

Vibha Kumar,MD,DrPH: Studied Challenges and Preparedness towards Implementing the Certified Electronic Health Records Technology for Meaningful Use-Stage 2 in Georgia's Health Districts at Georgia Southern University. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Management and Informatics at the Georgia Regents University,Augusta,USA.