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Massachusetts Hospitals Must Have CPOE by 2012 and CCHIT-Certified EHRs by 2015

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Posted in EHR, EMR, Health care, Healthcare Integration, Healthcare IT, Healthcare IT, Healthcare Standards | View Comments

tions to use interoperable electronic health applications. One key part of the story is that, by law, the systems must be CCHIT Certified. There is good, broad coverage at FCW.com. As is typical with such programs, the hope is to contain health care costs... Read entry ⇒

CCHIT Updates EHR Certification Program

Friday, October 9th, 2009
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Although the Meaningful Use definitions are not completed, the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) announced two types of EHR certifications: CCHIT Certified 2011 Preliminary ARRA 2011 CCHIT defines the two types of ... Read entry ⇒

HL7 International Submits Comments on Proposed Certification Programs

Thursday, April 15th, 2010
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...clude functional requirements as part of the certification program.” HL7 recommends that other systems other than EHRs be certified. HL7 has developed the PHR System Functional Model (PHR-S FM) which can be used as part of the certification process,... Read entry ⇒

ONC Announces EHR Testing & Certification Bodies

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
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eaningful use rules, we have approved our initial ONC-ATCB certifiers. EHR vendors can begin immediately to get their products certified. This is a crucial step because it ensures that certified EHR products will be available to support the achievement o... Read entry ⇒

RHIOs vs. Peer-to-Peer Communications

Friday, July 11th, 2008
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...ng networks — heck, if we can share MP3s in an ad-hoc-yet-organized-way, surely we can share healthcare records. IMO, the CCHIT is not the total driver for peer-to-peer interoperability. HL7 (among others) has been working on this problem for a long... Read entry ⇒

Pioneer ACO Update: Q&A With Health IT Leaders from Eastern Maine Healthcare System

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
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.... Even though the ACO loosened the requirement for having ONC-certified EHRs, will most of the providers in the EMHS ACO have a certified EHR? All providers currently use a certified EHR. What steps are in place to ensure patient data safety and that int... Read entry ⇒

Docs and ACOs: Embrace Them or Not?

Thursday, August 18th, 2011
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... from a doctor’s point of view, the returns could probably be considered speculative at best. Even if the doctor already uses a Certified EHR system, the additional upfront costs for true interoperability can be substantial. On the revenue side of the bus... Read entry ⇒

ONC Adds Third EHR Certifier

Monday, September 20th, 2010
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...or Health Information Technology (ONC). So, the three ONC-ATCBs are: Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT). Read the CCHIT press announcement. Drummond Group (DGI). Read the DGI press announcement. InfoGard Laboratories. Read the Healthcare I... Read entry ⇒

What Are the Different Standards in Healthcare?

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
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...healthcare integration standards, such as DICOM and HL7, to address specific clinical needs in support of optimal patient care. CCHIT Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology – serves as the recognized US certification authorit... Read entry ⇒

Modular EHR Certification for an Interface Engine – What Does It Mean?

Monday, May 16th, 2011
Posted in CCD, CCR, Healthcare Integration, Meaningful Use | View Comments

...ning the certification trek, time was spent trying to uncover the real story of whether an integration engine even needed to be certified as an EHR Module. After many hours of sorting through FAQs on the ONC web-site, reading countless blog and news artic... Read entry ⇒