CMS is pleased to announce that through Medscape Education, providers now have the opportunity to earn CME credits by learning more about the Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs.

On Medscape’s EHR Learning Center website, leading physician experts in medical informatics provide information, resources, and tools to help providers determine eligibility for the EHR Incentive Programs, understand the requirements for participating, take steps to participate, and recognize the immediate benefits of participation and future consequences of not participating.

By completing the module “From Meaningful Use to Meaningful Care,” providers can earn CME credit while gaining a better understanding about the purpose of the EHR Incentive Programs, the stages of meaningful use, a timeline of key dates, and, most importantly, how patients will benefit.

Providers can also use the Medscape Learning Center to determine their comprehension of the EHR Incentive Programs by taking the “Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentives: What Do You Know and Do You Know Enough?” participant self-assessment. By completing the assessment, providers can help to shape the content of future CME activities to best address the educational and clinical performance gaps identified.

The site also offers interviews, in which physician EHR experts explain why it’s important to register for the programs and the significance of EHRs to healthcare overall. Expert interviews include:

 Registering for the EHR Incentive Program – Ready, Set, Go: An Expert Interview With Jason M Mitchell, MD, and Richard Paula, MD
 Are You an Eligible Professional Who Hasn’t Registered for the EHR Incentive Program? What Are You Waiting For? – An Expert Interview With William F Bria II, MD

In the next few weeks, new CME modules on meaningful use will also be made available; look out for a message to announce these new learning resources. Membership on Medscape is free, but you must register to view content; you do not have to be a health professional.