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NIST to test EHR usability
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has decided to tackle the problem of poor electronic health record usability, asking EHR vendors to share their products with the agency so it can
Can EHRs make healthcare disparities disappear?
There's probably not much debate over the issue that healthcare disparities exist nationwide--related to a variety of factors such as ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, physical or cognitive
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
Guides seek to help vendors improve EHR usability
Three federal agencies have come together to publish a pair of guides on how EHR software and application vendors can improve the usability of their products. In one report, the Commerce Department's
Everything you knew about certification is about to change
June is nearly upon us, and with it comes the anxious last days before HHS finalizes rules for "meaningful use" of health IT and for certification of EMR products. (National health IT coordinator Dr.
Is EHR certification becoming too simplistic?
Certification of EHRs has been controversial since the beginning. For the longest time, some small vendors' stance was that the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology thought
HIMSS10: ONC proposes two-phase EHR certification plan
On Sunday, before the start of the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference in Atlanta, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives urged federal
Health IT stimulus success hinges on standards
Without technology standards, there cannot be stimulus success, at least that's what healthcare information experts are saying according to an article at NextGov.com. The recently passed 2009
