Forerun, Inc. announced today their Forerun ED 2011.02 is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as an EHR Module on July 13, 2011 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology, an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable Hospital certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 2011/2012 criteria support the Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Ken Wolfe, Forerun President and CEO, said, “We are pleased to have achieved this certification and to further support our customers’ efforts to demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology. We believe this positions Forerun as an even stronger partner to our hospital clients.”

The ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification program tests and certifies that Complete EHRs meet all of the 2011/2012 criteria and EHR Modules meet one or more — but not all — of the criteria approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for either eligible provider or hospital technology.

“CCHIT is pleased to be testing and certifying products so that companies are now able to offer these products to providers who wish to purchase and implement certified EHR technology and achieve meaningful use in time for the 2011-2012 incentives,” said Karen M. Bell, M.D., M.S.S., Chair, CCHIT.

Forerun ED Version 2011.02′s certification number is CC-1112-196400-1. ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification conferred by CCHIT does not represent an endorsement of the certified EHR technology by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services nor does it guarantee the receipt of incentive payments.

Forerun ED Version 2011.02, certification number CC-1112-196400-1, meets the following certification criteria, in addition to Security & Privacy:

170.302(d) Medication List
170.302(g) Smoking Status
170.302(j) Medication Reconciliation
170.302(m) Patient Education Resources
170.306(b) Record Demographics
170.306(e) Electronic Copy of Discharge Instructions
170.306(h) Advance Directives

This is the start of a weekly column on what EHR products have announced ONC-ATCB certifications during the past week.  If there is any other detail that you would like to see added to this weekly summary please let me know in the comment section.

• Reliance Software Systems,  EXR system was certified by InfoGard Laboratories  as both  a Complete Inpatient EHR and a Modular Outpatient EHR
• Amazing Charts, Version 6,  was certified as a Complete EHR  by CCHIT
• Intuit Health’s Intuit Health Personal Health Record, 10.7, was certified as an EHR Module by CCHIT
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center , Boston’s EHR Technology has been certified as a complete EHR under CCHIT’s new EHR Alternative Certification for Hospitals (EACH™)
• Covisint’s, Covisint DocSite was certified as an EHR Module by CCHIT
• MedLink’s iSuite EHR, 4.0, was certified as a Complete EHR by CCHIT
• SOAPware, Inc’s SOAPware 2011 was certified as a Complete EHR by CCHIT
• PatientKeeper, Inc.’s PatientKeeper 7.0 was certified as an EHR Module by CCHIT
• MacPractice’s MacPractice  MD 4.1 is was certified as a Complete EHR by CCHIT

Reliance Software Systems, Inc. (RelWare), a leader in enterprise-wide electronic health record (EHR) solutions for healthcare, is pleased to announce that its EXR system is certified by a ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ONC-ATCBs).  Certification of RelWare’s EHR system provides assurance to purchasers and other users of the EHR system, that it offers the necessary technological capabilities, functionality and security to meet the meaningful use criteria established for a given phase.

RelWare’s certified EHR system meets criteria supporting Meaningful Use, a key component in the national initiative to encourage adoption and effective use of EHRs by America’s healthcare providers. RelWare’s EXR, as certified, is ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 complaint and is a certified Complete Inpatient EHR and a Modular Outpatient EHR in accordance with the applicable eligible provider certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 2011/2012 criteria supports the Stage 1 Meaningful Use measures.

Alicia A. Brown, President/CEO of RelWare said: “We are pleased to announce our dual Certification.  Offering not only the Complete Inpatient EHR along with the Ambulatory Module EHR provides a comprehensive application set for any hospital or large practice. The usability of our application, as well as it being fully Web-based provides particular value. RelWare continues to set major market milestones from being the first Web-based Results Review in 2000, to our Henry Ford Health System partnership for their EMR in 2005, and now an early certifier in 2011.  We persist in staying light-years ahead of our competitors in the quality and principle of our software—this will continue.”

RelWare’s EXR is an enterprise EHR with broad clinical functionality and scalability features that support the clinical operations of any hospital. This includes large multi-facility integrated delivery networks to the smallest critical access hospital. RelWare’s EXR delivers the functionality required by ARRA in addition to a Web user interface to increase adoption and reduce training costs. With strong interoperability and access control capabilities, EXR is also an ideal platform for implementing a community wide Health Information Exchange (HIE).

As part of the certification criteria process, providers and patients must have assurances that the electronic health IT products and systems they use today are secure, can maintain data confidentially, and can work with other systems to share information. Confidence and trust of health IT systems is an important aspect to advancing adoption and allowing for the realization of the benefits of improved patient care.

Also, eligible professionals and hospitals who seek to qualify for incentive payments under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs are required to use Certified EHR technology. Once certified, Complete EHRs and EHR Modules can be used by eligible professionals and hospitals, or can be combined, to meet the requirements for certified EHR technology.

The Complete EHR, EHR Module is 2011/2012 compliant and has been certified ONC-ATCB by InfoGard Laboratories, Inc., in accordance with the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. This certification does not represent an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or guarantee the receipt of incentive payments.

EXR Enterprise EHR version 2.1’s certification number is #IG-2417-11-

SOAPware, Inc. announced today that SOAPware 2011 is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as a Complete EHR on January 14, 2011 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable Eligible Provider certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 2011/2012 criteria support the Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

“We are delighted to announce our certification. And we are especially pleased to announce that SOAPware users will be able to incorporate and report on any of the specialty-specific quality measures. This significant milestone again reflects our company’s overarching commitment to delivering a certified, comprehensive solution that can actually be used at the point of care in fashions that do not detract from the doctor-patient relationship,” said Dr. Randall Oates, M.D. President, SOAPware, Inc.

The ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification program tests and certifies that Complete EHRs meet all of the 2011/2012 criteria and EHR Modules meet one or more – but not all – of the criteria approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for either eligible provider or hospital technology.

“CCHIT is pleased to be testing and certifying products so that companies are now able to offer these products to providers who wish to purchase and implement certified EHR technology and achieve meaningful use in time for the 2011-2012 incentives,” said Karen M. Bell, M.D., M.S.S., Chair, CCHIT.

SOAPware 2011′s certification number is CC-1112-565910-1. ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification conferred by CCHIT does not represent an endorsement of the certified EHR technology by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services nor does it guarantee the receipt of incentive payments.

SOAPware 2011 meets the Complete EHR certification criteria as an integrated bundle of EHR modular products. The products which make up the Complete EHR include: SOAPware EHR/PM, SOAPware Patient Portal, SOAPwareXchange HL7.

The clinical quality measures to which SOAPware 2011 has been certified include: NQF 0001, NQF 0002, NQF 0004, NQF 0012, NQF 0013, NQF 0014, NQF 0018, NQF 0024, NQF 0027, NQF 0028, NQF 0031, NQF 0032, NQF 0033, NQF 0034, NQF 0036, NQF 0038, NQF 0041, NQF 0043, NQF 0047, NQF 0052, NQF 0055, NQF 0056, NQF 0059, NQF 0061, NQF 0062, NQF 0064, NQF 0067, NQF 0068, NQF 0070, NQF 0073, NQF 0074, NQF 0075, NQF 0081, NQF 0083, NQF 0084, NQF 0086, NQF 0088, NQF 0089, NQF 0105, NQF 0385, NQF 0387, NQF 0389, NQF 0421, NQF 0575.

The additional software SOAPware 2011 relied upon to demonstrate compliance includes: Surescripts 4.20.

PatientKeeper®, Inc., the leader in physician health information systems, today announced that PatientKeeper 7.0 software is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as an EHR Module on January 12, 2011 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®)*, an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable hospital certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Among the 14 criteria for which PatientKeeper is ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 compliant are: CPOE; drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction checking; drug formulary; problem list management; and various privacy and security objectives.

The certification means that the PatientKeeper 7.0 CPOE “module” (PatientKeeper CPOE™) has met the requirements for hospital use to support the achievement of meaningful use for that objective. Hospitals with fully certified EHR technology have met the first step in qualifying for healthcare IT incentive payments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

PatientKeeper CEO Paul Brient said the company is proud to have attained this milestone, and will pursue certification of additional ONC criteria this year. “These certifications are an important step in PatientKeeper’s strategic initiative to become the ubiquitous physician HIS at community hospitals nationwide,” Brient said. “We give hospitals the ability to satisfy some Meaningful Use requirements while delighting their physicians without having to replace their existing hospital information infrastructure.”

R.D. Williams, CEO of Ashe Memorial Hospital in North Carolina, which currently is implementing PatientKeeper CPOE and other clinical applications, also recognized PatientKeeper’s ONC-ATCB certification. “We are excited to be among the first hospitals deploying PatientKeeper’s innovative CPOE solution and expect to achieve ‘Meaningful Use’ in the first year,” Williams said. “PatientKeeper will enable physicians to easily adopt CPOE and save time because the software is designed to support the way physicians already practice.”

PatientKeeper version 7.0’s certification number is CC-1112-285720. The software meets the following certification criteria:

• 170.302 (o-v) Security
• 170.306(a) Computerized Provider Order Entry
• 170.302(a) Drug-drug, drug-allergy interaction checks
• 170.302(b) Drug-Formulary Checks
• 170.302(c) Maintain up-to-date problem list
• 170.302(g) Smoking status
• 170.306(b) Record demographics

ManagementPlus announced today that ManagementPlus EHR 5.0 is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as a Complete EHR on December 10, 2010 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 2011/2012 criteria support the Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

The ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification program tests and certifies that Complete EHRs meet all of the 2011/2012 criteria and EHR Modules meet one or more – but not all – of the criteria approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for either eligible provider or hospital technology. ManagementPlus EHR 5.0’s certification number is 595370. ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification conferred by CCHIT does not represent an endorsement of the certified EHR technology by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services nor does it guarantee the receipt of incentive payments.

The clinical quality measures to which ManagementPlus EHR 5.0 has been certified include:
NQF 0421, NQF 0013, NQF 0028, NQF 0041, NQF 0024, NQF 0038, NQF 0086, NQF 0088, and NQF 0055. The additional software relied upon to demonstrate compliance includes:
RelayHealth – 170.302.a, 170.302.b, 170.302.j, and 170.302.m; and Microsoft HealthVault – 170.304.q. ManagementPlus EHR 5.0 is a CCHIT Certified® 2011 Ambulatory EHR 2011.

About ManagementPlus
ManagementPlus has been at the forefront of electronic health records for over a decade and EHR is fully integrated with all areas of practice management. The software company is a leading provider of integrated Windows-based practice management solutions for the healthcare industry. ManagementPlus develops efficient, fully secure and HIPAA management of Electronic Health Records (EHR), and accommodates healthcare practices from the solo practitioner to a multi-provider network, with multiple locations. The company, including all development and support, is located in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Sammy Systems announced today that SammyEHR V 5.1.1 is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as a Complete EHR on December 1, 2010 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable eligible provider certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 2011/2012 criteria support the Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

The ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification program tests and certifies that Complete EHRs meet all of the 2011/2012 criteria and EHR Modules meet one or more – but not all – of the criteria approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for either eligible provider or hospital technology.

“CCHIT is pleased to be testing and certifying products so that companies are now able to offer these products to providers who wish to purchase and implement certified EHR technology and achieve meaningful use in time for the 2011-2012 incentives,” said Karen M. Bell, M.D., M.S.S., Chair, CCHIT.

SammyEHR V5.1.1’s certification number is CC-1112-789800-2.  ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification conferred by CCHIT does not represent an endorsement of the certified EHR technology by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services nor does it guarantee the receipt of incentive payments.

The clinical quality measures to which SammyEHR has been certified include:  NQF 0421, NQF 0013, NQF 0028, NQF 0041, NQF 0024, NQF 0038, NQF 0056, NQF 0059 and NQF 0061.

The additional software SammyEHR relied upon to demonstrate compliance includes: NewCrop, LLC.

Advanced Data Systems Corporation (ADS) announced today that MedicsDocAssistant Version 5.2 is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as an EHR Module on November 19, 2010 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable Eligible Provider   certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 2011/2012 criteria supports the Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

David Barzillai, President of ADS said, “We take great pride in announcing that our MedicsDocAssistant EHR has met the criteria for 2011/2012 ONC-ATCB certification.  We believe this certification helps to demonstrate the product’s robustness and relevance in today’s rapidly growing EHR marketplace.”

The ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification program tests and certifies that Complete EHRs meet all of the 2011/2012 criteria and EHR Modules meet one or more – but not all – of the criteria approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for either eligible provider or hospital technology.

“CCHIT is pleased to be testing and certifying products so that companies are now able to offer these products to providers who wish to purchase and implement certified EHR technology and achieve meaningful use in time for the 2011-2012 incentives,” said Karen M. Bell, M.D., M.S.S., Chair, CCHIT.

MedicsDocAssistant V. 5.2′s certification number is CC-1112-435880-1.  ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification conferred by CCHIT does not represent an endorsement of the certified EHR technology by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services nor does it guarantee the receipt of incentive payments.

The clinical quality measures to which MedicsDocAssistant has been certified include: NQF 0013, NQF 0024, NQF 0028, NQF 0038, NQF 0041, NQF 0059, NQF 0061, NQF 0064 and NQF 0421.

MedicsDocAssistant V.4.0.1 is also certified in CCHIT’s separate and independently developed certification program. MedicsDocAssistant is CCHIT Certified® 2008.  Advanced Data Systems has certified its EHR technology in both programs to provide greater assurance to its customers.