Although there are remarkable progress in clinical informatics over the years, extensive use of EHR can open doors and create new challenges that needs to be addressed. If these issues are neglected, it can challenge other EHR adoption and future health care reform (Sittig & Singh, 2011). Legal issues regards to meaningful use are described by CMS. Guidelines are clearly written for all eligible entities such as professional providers, hospitals, in addition to critical access hospitals (CMS.gov, 2014). According to Sittig and Singh (2011), legal issues that are of concerns include:
