Many behavioral health professionals are concerned that participating in EHR Incentive Programs of meaningful use will result in additional work outside their primary mission. With that challenge in mind, two compliance professionals and Qualifacts' Meaningful Use SME set out to assess how the measures of meaningful use synergize with the standards of CARF and Joint Commission and ultimately, can streamline and help reinforce your accreditation. Learning Objectives: • Gain a better understanding of the measures of meaningful use (for an eligible professional) and how they compare to some of the standards of the Joint Commission • Gain a better understanding of the measures of meaningful use (for an eligible professional) and how they compare to some of the standards of CARF • Learn how to integrate the measures of Meaningful Use into your current workflows (based on specific examples Compliance: Meaningful Use Synergies with CARF and Joint Commission - Streamlining and Reinforcing Your Accreditation Day: Wednesday May 9, 2012 Time: 1 p.m. Eastern 12 p.m. Central 11 a.m. Mountain 10 a.m. Pacific Duration: 1 Hour Speakers: Lance C. Niles Corporate Compliance Officer Sound Community Services, Inc. Jennifer Woods Corporate Compliance Officer Albertina Kerr Centers Mary Givens Meaningful Use Program Manager Qualifacts Systems, Inc. Many behavioral health professionals are concerned that participating in EHR Incentive Programs of meaningful use will result in additional work outside their primary mission. With that challenge in mind, two compliance professionals and Qualifacts' Meaningful Use SME set out to assess how the measures of meaningful use synergize with the standards of CARF and Joint Commission and ultimately, can streamline and help reinforce your accreditation. Learning Objectives: • Gain a better understanding of the measures of meaningful use (for an eligible professional) and how they compare to some of the standards of the Joint Commission • Gain a better understanding of the measures of meaningful use (for an eligible professional) and how they compare to some of the standards of CARF • Learn how to integrate the measures of Meaningful Use into your current workflows (based on specific examples) Speakers: Lance C. Niles Corporate Compliance Officer Sound Community Services, Inc. Jennifer Woods Corporate Compliance Officer Albertina Kerr Centers Mary Givens Meaningful Use Program Manager Qualifacts Systems, Inc.