Here is something I was reading about that seems like it may be the next step in EHR use. It would seem to provide vendor opportunity as well as stage 2 requirements. It seems like the first step towards national data exchange.
Sorry for casting a pall over your hopeful post, but I don’t think our solo practices will be able to transfer the responsibility for the security of our medical records to such consortia. At least not with the way Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements are written.