Meaningful Use Videos on the Web: YouTube Is About More than Just Funny Pet Videos

If YouTube has taught us anything, it is that people nationwide love to videotape their pets doing funny things.  But there is more to YouTube than funny pet videos. 

As we wade through the implementation of meaningful use across the HIT industry, there are many video resources that speak to this gargantuan task. 

Following are a few videos that may help you and your organization as you move through the implementation process: 

HHS Press Conference: Final Rules to Support Meaningful Use of EHR (07/13/2010)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jPSa-tfyKs

Dr. David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, Keynote at ONC’s CONNECT Seminar

Dr. David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services Keynote at ONC’s CONNECT Seminar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WngGHJ1f7PY&feature=channel

Dr. C. Martin Harris, MD, MBA, FHIMSS, Discusses Key Barriers to Meeting MU Requirements

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WngGHJ1f7PY&feature=channel

C. Martin Harris, MD, MBA, FHIMSS, Chair, HIMSS Board of Directors, discusses the key barriers organizations will face meeting meaningful use requirements.

Scott MacLean, MBA, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, Discusses MU Impact on Healthcare Industry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HXKYKkSM6g

Scott MacLean, MBA, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, Member, HIMSS Board of Directors, explores how meaningful use may change the face of healthcare in the United States.

Charles W. Jarvis’s Opening Statement at Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing (July 20, 2010)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EKYU0NeGhA

Charles W. Jarvis, Vice Chair, HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA), delivers his opening statement at a Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on Efforts to Promote the Adoption & Meaningful Use of Health IT. July 20, 2010.

Tony Trenkle’s Opening Statement at Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing (July 20, 2010)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGKZlC2otms&feature=related

Tony Trenkle, Director, Office of E-Health Standards and Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, delivers his opening statement at a Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on Efforts to Promote the Adoption & Meaningful Use of Health IT. July 20, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQd11KbANNw&feature=related

And because I am, like the rest of us, a sucker for funny pet videos, here’s one of my favorites. 

Cute Kitten Can’t Lift Dumbbell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKo80E68k38