Meaningful use (MU) i<span>s a term used to define those providers or hospitals that have the capabilities and processes in place to be actively use certified electronic health record technology. </span><span>This term is used in a health information technology (HIT) context. </span><span> It defines minimum U.S. government standards for </span>using<span> electronic health records (EHR) and for exchanging patient clinical data between healthcare providers.</span>
Software is a collection of instructions that tell a computer how to work. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and actually performs the work.
