AccuMed™ v12.10 Electronic Medical Records system has received the federal government’s “meaningful use” stamp of approval and has been certified as a Modular EHR by the Drummond Group. This certification officially designates the electronic health record software capable of enabling providers to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. AccuMed EMR has [...]
Accumedic’s AccuMed EMR Receives ONC-ATCB Certification by Drummond Group
June 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Netsmart Technologies’ Insight Public Health Software Passes ARRA Certification Tests
April 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Netsmart Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of software and services for health and human services organizations, today announced that its Insight 7.0 public health electronic health record (EHR) software successfully completed ARRA ONC-ATCB certification testing for the 21 ARRA certification tests for which it was submitted, earning a Certificate of EHR Compliance for 19General and [...]
The ONC Begins the Search for the Accreditor to manage EHR Certifiers
February 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT yesterday opened a 30-day submission period for requests to become the “ONC-Approved Accreditor”. This is the organization that will oversee the groups that certify vendor Electronic Health Record products and modules beginning next year. The need for this authorized “accrediting organization” was noted in the [...]
HMS EHR Receives ONC-ATB Certification from Drummond
January 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
Healthcare Management Systems, Inc. ® (HMS) announced today it has received certification from Drummond Group, an Authorized Testing and Certification Body of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC-ATB). The HMS electronic health record (EHR) is 2011/2012 compliant in accordance with the criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Certification is the [...]
Get Ready – EHR Incentives Registration Begins on January 3
December 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) have announced the availability of registration for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs. CMS and ONC encouraged broad participation and outlined online and in-person resources that are in place to assist [...]
ChiroTouch Empowers Chiropractic Industry With Launch of EHR Stimulus Calculator
November 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
ChiroTouch, a provider of chiropractic practice management software, recently launched a EHR stimulus calculator on its website to help chiropractors estimate potential ARRA incentives. “The stimulus package represents an incredible, unprecedented opportunity for chiropractors,” said Robert Moberg, President of ChiroTouch. “And so, in addition to our monthly webinar series that keeps the chiropractic community abreast [...]
Report: EMR Market Analysis, ARRA Incentives, Key Players, Trends
October 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
What impact have the announcement of ARRA (stimulus) incentives had, if any? What is the realistic opportunity for producers of EMR systems and system components? Who are the key players who will determine the future of EMR? What is the actual usage rate of EMR? Is this market still open for new entrants?, and what [...]
CHIME Survey Finds Healthcare CIOs Cautiously Optimistic about Receiving EHR Incentive Funding
September 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Members of the College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME) who responded to an August 2010 survey appear cautiously optimistic about their chances for achieving stimulus funding under the HITECH portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Of the 152 member CIOs who responded to the survey, 28 percent indicated that they expect [...]
Affinity Medical Chooses Stimulus Simplicity, GE Centricity
September 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Northeast Wisconsin’s nationally recognized Affinity Health System is the latest to choose GE Centricity(R) EMR for its patient care network. The Catholic, mission-oriented, regional health network is a collaboration between the Fox Valley’s Ministry Health Care and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare and plans to implement Centricity EMR across its 22 multi-specialty clinics in 14 communities to [...]
Sage Intergy Meaningful Use Edition Now Available
August 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Sage North America today announced that its Sage Healthcare Division has released Sage Intergy version 6.10 and the new Sage Intergy Meaningful Use Edition. This Sage Intergy Meaningful Use Edition features the components required for physicians to be eligible for federal electronic health records (EHR) incentives, a key provision of the 2009 American Reinvestment and [...]
