The
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT, Chicago) has approved the software component of Watertown, Mass.
The
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT ) has announced that gloStream's product gloEMR version 5.0 is a CCHIT Certified 08 Ambulatory EHR additionally certified for Cardiovascular Medicine and Child Health and meets the Certification Commission's electronic health record (EHR) criteria for office-based use.
And questions remain about whether the many variations of VistA will be able to meet certification requirements being established by federal government-supported entities, such as the
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT).
The problem of integration has largely been resolved through the use of HIPAA standards for administrative transactions and the use of
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) standards for interoperability requirements.
Experts at the meeting also agreed in general that EHR systems need to be certified by a government-approved organization such as the
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology to meet the Recovery Act's requirements.
As of the March 31 deadline, 64 companies had applied for certification of their electronic medical record (EMR) products, one-third more than had applied by the same time last year, the
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology reported.
Privacy should be the top priority when developing certification criteria for personal health records, a task force created by the
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology has recommended.
Physician offices and ambulatory practices can now ask to see the
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) certificate for information systems they are considering for purchase.
The
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) announced the appointment of committee members, many of whom are CARING members.
Work group members were selected by the
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) based in Chicago.
While timelines can often slip, these dates are consistent with the implementation dates of incentives in ARRA and work plans from the
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT).
Ask if your system could make use of the new tool, and find out whether the system conforms to emerging standards from the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (http://www.hitsp.org) and the
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (http://www.cchit.org).