Every parent would recognize the debate that takes place at the birth of a new blog.  What are you going to name the new arrival?  You consider different names and try to forecast how those names will influence the world’s first impressions of your child.  Will the name capture the child’s personality?  Will the name limit the child in any way?

For our Meaningful Use blog we considered different names, as well.  There are so many possibilities:

“3 Business Days” – A focus on the tight timeframe for releasing electronic copies of medical records to patients, and all the workflow and system changes that might be required to get there.  HealthPort is deeply engaged with this MU requirement, and has dug into the fine print and real world issues that emerge when facilities confront the day-to-day realities of meeting this deadline.

“Use it Meaningfully” – Discussing ways to make the incentive program actually improve patient satisfaction, increase the HIM department’s effectiveness, better secure medical records, and maximizing any other positive outcome that might accrue from implementing EHR technology and pursuing Meaningful Use.

“Is That a FAQ?” – CMS and other organizations continue to make changes to the rules of the MU game, and publishing them in “Frequently Asked Question” posts on the EHR Incentive Program website.  HealthPort keeps abreast of these, and can help alert our partners when changes apply to the ROI effort.

“Don’t Forget to Feed IT” – A guide to tickling the fancy of the IT departments which will be ever more important with the implementation of EHRs and Meaningful Use.

When the decision time comes, though, you realize you want people to see a business blog name and know why they should tune in.  This space is going to focus on news and updates about Meaningful Use, so we kept things simple and named it that way.