Diana Manos, Government Health IT
“Healthcare systems running on legacy software, customized commercial products or homegrown EHR systems that would cost hundreds of millions to replace can breath a sigh of relief, according to CCHIT.
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John, EMR and HIPAA
“For those of you that are relatively new to EMR and HIPAA, you might not appreciate this post as much as long time readers of EMR and HIPAA. A few years back, I admit that I was pretty harsh on CCHIT and their EHR certification. I remember one guy stopping me at a conference and after realizing who I was asked, “so what’s your issue with CCHIT?”
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Sue Reber, EHR Decisions
“I enjoyed the recent reminiscence in HISTALK of a reprinted editorial from January 2006 describing the beginning days of EHR certification. It was written even before CCHIT launched its first certification program in May 2006, a full five years ago. We would go on to announce the first CCHIT Certified EHR products in July.
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David C. Kibbe and Brian Klepper, Health Affairs Blog
“When the President was elected, this market was dominated by the vendor-controlled Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT). The entry rules were intentionally complex and expensive, safeguarded by an interlocking system of standards organizations and both open and clandestine industry alliances that defended against innovation and new entrants.
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John, EMR and HIPAA
“Alfred from Infomd.net recently made the following comment:
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Joseph Conn, ModernHealthcare
“The federally supported National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a set of procedures for testing health information technology as part of a certification program that will determine healthcare providers’ eligibility for government subsidies for the purchase of electronic health-record systems.
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Patty Enrado, EHRWatch
“At the iHT2 Summer Health IT Summit in Denver last week, hospital executives talked about what they must do to achieve meaningful use from EHRs. Some health organizations, such as Catholic Health Initiatives, are starting from scratch.
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Naseem S. Miller, Skin & Allergy News
“Dermatologists now can gauge and choose their electronic health record software better because of a new certification program.
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Dana Blankenhorn, ZDNet Healthcare
“With CCHIT now officially shut-out of that role by the final meaningful use rules, it would be easy for it to pull up its tent and go home.
But it hasn’t, and the group deserves applause for that.
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Joseph Conn, ModernHealthcare
“As a federal policy battle looms over the extent to which patients will exercise control over the movement of their electronic health records, one outstanding question is: Will electronic health-record systems be able to give practitioners and patients the level of consent management they’ll need or want?
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Patty Enrado, EHRWatch
“The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has added three certification programs for EHRs. This is good news.
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Healthcare Informatics
“The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) announced today the launch of new CCHIT Certified programs for electronic health records (EHRs) in behavioral health, both as an optional addition to ambulatory EHR certification and as a standalone behavioral health EHR used in other outpatient settings, dermatology, and long-term and post-acute care, which also includes optional add-on certifications for EHRs used in skilled nursing facilities and home health.
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John, EMR and HIPAA
“Is it necessary to get CCHIT certified vendor just because you want to qualify for incentives or regardless you MUST go for a certified solution?
Because I make the case that one should go with the one that provides the most amount of value.
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Glenn Laffel, EHR Bloggers
“I don’t get it.
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Robert Rowley, EHR Bloggers
“The question of Certification of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) has caused confusion among many physicians, clinics and hospitals. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), a new approach to certification came into play, which replaced the legacy method.
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Dana Blankenhorn, ZDNet Healthcare
“The Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT) has lost any hope for a monopoly on certifying electronic health record (EHR) software for meaningful use.
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Shahid N. Shah, The Healthcare IT Guy
“One important clarification was made by ONC — there is no grandfathering in CCHIT or previously certified products. Everybody is going to be re certified using the new NIST rules. This means that if you have even 2011 CCHIT certification now it won’t mean anything, you have to go through the process again.
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Joseph Conn, ModernHealthcare
“The not-for-profit Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has announced the creation of two new work groups to develop certification criteria for electronic health-record systems to be used by practitioners specializing in oncology and in women’s health.
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John, EMR and EHR
“If you’ve read this blog and/or EMR and HIPAA, you’re quite familiar with my feelings about CCHIT. I just don’t see the value that they add for doctors. If they could show me how they help doctors and not just EMR vendors who want a third party validation to sell more product, then I’d be willing to change my mind. But I digress…
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Margalit Gur-Arie, On Healthcare Technology
“A few days ago, I wrote about Innovation, a term being overused in the EHR industry to the point where it lost all meaning. Here is another such term: Usability.
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