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NewsCCHIT chair: Tips to use EHRs to improve safety
How well can your EHR system protect patients from substandard patient care? Evidently quite a bit, according to Karen Bell, chair of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology Read more...
New CCHIT certification programs focus on women's health, oncology
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) launched new electronic health record (EHR) certification programs this week in women's health (obstetrics), oncology, and Read more...
EHR vendors certified for Meaningful Use
Four vendors of EHR software designed for inpatient or ambulatory use recently had specific versions of their products certified as meeting meaningful use requirements under the Medicare and Medicaid Read more...
Beth Israel's self-developed EHRs receive certification
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston has become the first hospital to have its own self-developed EHR technology certified as a complete EHR under a new Certification Commission for Health Read more...
CCHIT opens new EHR certification program for hospitals
An EHR alternative certification program for hospitals that has been tested out in hospital pilots in Boston, New York City and Pasadena, Calif., is being rolled out nationwide this week by the Read more...
SRSsoft boss says specialists aren't sold on meaningful use
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act makes it clear that providers will have to demonstrate "meaningful use" of certified EMRs to earn Medicare bonuses of up to $44,000 or extra Medicaid Read more...
HL7 finalizes standard for EHRs in clinical research
Health Level Seven has published the health IT industry's first ANSI-approved standard for using EHR information in clinical research. The standard--known as Electronic Health Record Clinical Read more...
'Meaningful use' proposal may be out soon
HHS may publish proposed criteria for "meaningful use" of electronic health records sooner rather than later, according to a story in Health Data Management. The magazine reports online that the Read more...
CCHIT finalizes 2009-10 testing criteria, but must wait for HHS
Even as it waits for the federal government to complete some necessary work stipulated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Read more...
| Press ReleasesMorrisey Associates' Morrisey Concurrent Care Manager™ Version 2 Receives Leading Certification Under Federal ProgramCHICAGO, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Morrisey's Morrisey Concurrent Care Manager (MCCM™) Version 2 is certified as an electronic health records (EHRs) module under a federal program. Hospitals that Read more >> Hello Health Inc. Receives ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 Certification for Hello Health Version 5.0NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Hello Health Inc. announced today that Hello Health, Version 5.0, is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as a Complete EHR on November 30, 2011 by the Read more >> gloStream's Electronic Medical Record gloEMR Version 6.0 Receives 2011 CCHIT CertificationEMR Solution Meets Highest Standards for Security, Functionality and InteroperabilityTROY, Mich., Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- gloStream, maker of gloEMR and gloPM – the only electronic medical Read more >> The Criterions EHR Has Been Selected for New York City REACH EHR Partner ListGREAT NECK, N.Y., Sept. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NYC REACH, the Regional Extension Center overseen by the Primary Care Information Project at the NYC Health Department, has selected the Criterions EHR Read more >> Sevocity Division of Conceptual MindWorks Inc.'s Sevocity EHR Earns CCHIT 2011 CertificationSevocity Electronic Health Record Achieves 5 Star Usability RatingSAN ANTONIO, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sevocity, the leader in cloud-based Electronic Health Records, today announced that Read more >> |
