“The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has asked HHS to give the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology authorization to determine which electronic health records systems can receive funding from the economic stimulus package, the Washington Post reports. In a letter dated April 27 to HHS officials, HIMSS officials wrote, “To ensure continuity, recognize CCHIT as the certifying body” of EHRs.”
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Medical News Today, 22 May 2009

