Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for defining Meaningful Use stages and requirements while the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology(ONC) is responsible for defining and certifying the technology used to meet MU stages. These standards and guidelines are clearly focused on the electronic medical record and the means to ensure the use of certified technology in an effort to ensure healthcare providers meet qualifications incentive payments and avoid penalties. Henrick’s (2011) diagram depicts the relationship between these governing bodies charged with carrying out the legislation in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. One can see where there might be a little
