The Certification Commission announces a series of two Town Call web conferences on June 16th and 17th to gather input on new paths to certification of EHR technologies, with the goal of supporting more rapid, widespread adoption and meaningful use under ARRA. Areas to be explored during the Town Calls include the crosswalk from certification [...]
Concise Guide to CCHIT Certification Criteria available
June 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
You can download a PDF version of the nine page Concise Guide to CCHIT Certification Criteria fromt the CCHIT website here.
CCHIT Reveals 2009-10 Certification Plans
May 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology has approved final 2009-2010 criteria for a number of its EHR certification efforts. But it will delay launching its inspection programs using the new criteria until the federal government prepares a draft rule for carrying out the economic stimulus EHR incentives. CCHIT has approved new criteria for certification [...]
Picis ED PulseCheck Achieves CCHIT Certification for Emergency Department EHR Criteria
May 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Picis, Inc. announced today that ED PulseCheck version 4.0, part of the CareSuite family of high-acuity solutions, is now a Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) Certified 08 Emergency Department Electronic Health Record. This product certification provides an objective set of criteria for measuring health information technology products, enabling many buyers to narrow their [...]
Medhost EDIS receives CCHIT EHR certification
May 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology today announced that MEDHOST’s product, MEDHOST EDIS version 4.2, is a CCHIT Certified® 08 Emergency Department Electronic Health Record (EHR). The Certification Commission is a private non-profit organization recognized by the federal government as an official certification body for healthcare information technology (HIT) products. CCHIT Certified product certification [...]
ARRA Funds for facilities running non-CCIT systems.
May 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia There is a critical element in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) that targets funds for Federally-Qualified Community Health Centers (FQHCs). An FQHC is an organization defined by the Medicare and Medicaid statutes that receives funding under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. FQHCs provide primary care services [...]
