“The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) said it believes the Interim Final Rule (IFR) on standards and certification might cause “unintended deceleration in the pace of adoption.”
In comments filed March 12 to the Office of the National Coordinator, CCHIT said the IFR – the administration’s proposal for EHR standards and certification – drops some standards that were already widely adopted yet introduces other criteria that require an “unrealistic leap forward”.”
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Mary Mosquera, Healthcare IT News, 15 March 2010

