To enable widespread health IT use across the U.S., we need fairness among the types of resources physicians can receive via stimulus money, help for outpatient care not covered by the HITECH Act and a fair benchmark for achieving meaningful use (other than 100 percent), according to Michael Zaroukian, MD, PhD, CMIO and associate professor of medicine, Michigan State University. These are the same three appeals Zaroukian made face to face to Dr. David Blumenthal, national coordinator of health IT, at an intimate roundtable discussion with CMIOs and health IT leaders on Monday. Also learn how implementing an EHR brought $63,000 per physician per year in hard dollar savings to Zaroukian’s practice. Watch the CMIO interview now.