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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
Surescripts will test, approve EHR modules
Suresripts has been named by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology as the sixth organization that can test and approve certain electronic health records modules
ONC names two more EMR certification bodies
There are now five organizations approved to certify EHR systems for the federal incentive program, as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has named ICSA Labs,
A complete, certified EMR necessary for 'meaningful use'
Monday in FierceHealthIT, I discussed the new ONC Certified Health IT Products List . CHPL, or "The Chapel" in wonk-speak, is supposed to be the final word on EMRs certified as being capable of
ONC's 'Chapel' of certified EMRs still under construction
Government types and associated policy wonks just love their acronyms. And there always seems to be a fresh supply of shorthand intended to minimize keystrokes, confuse the layperson and separate the
InfoGard Laboratories named third EMR certification entity
There now are three authorized EMR testing and certification bodies, as InfoGard Laboratories, San Luis Obispo, Calif., has joined the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology and
Certification announcement removes last external barrier to meaningful use
I laughed a few weeks ago when I got the news that GE Healthcare had earned 2011 CCHIT certification for its Centricity Practice Solution EMR. What good is certification from CCHIT, or anyone else,
Survey: Providers confused about ambulatory EHR certification
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has made it clear that it wants multiple EHR certification bodies, but that message apparently has not made it out to many
Meaningful Use: September 2009 - December 2009
CMS was able to release proposed rules for meaningful use right at the end of December (on Dec. 30), along with a companion interim final regulation with regards to electronic data standards and
Blumenthal: Certified EHRs should be available by fall
The health IT community should know by this fall if EHRs they have purchased or are considering purchasing are certified under the federal government's new, temporary certification program, national
