From HealthCare It News

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A Washington-based advocacy group has collected consumer and employer perspectives on the top 10 arguments concerning meaningful use.  And with only a week left before the public comment period on meaningful use comes to a close, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is urging the public to weigh in with their own thoughts.

While the healthcare provider community's concerns with the government's proposed definition of "meaningful use" of healthcare IT are well-documented in the media, less attention has been paid to the consumer and employer perspectives, said officials of the Consumer Partnership for eHealth or CPeH, a coalition led by the National Partnership for Women and Families.

CPeH is an effort to engage a diverse group of national consumer, patient and labor organizations in the healthcare IT policy debate. The partnership has also launched an online community to promote open communication among members of the group.

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