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The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) has begun inviting electronic medical record vendors to apply for participation in the pilot test for its EMR certification Read more...

Given pressure on vendors to re-certify early and often, it's definitely a good sign that the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is rolling out plans to make EMR Read more...

WorldVistA, the nonprofit that is leading CMS efforts to create an ambulatory version of the VA's VistA system, has gotten a fair amount of attention to date. Some of this buzz is because it's the Read more...

While everyone would like to see workable standards in place, the industry's data sharing efforts are still at the rudimentary stage. And for the foreseeable future, I'd argue, it's going to stay that way. Sure, the …

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The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology keeps picking up momentum. Not only has it given 11 more products its seal of approval, it just got officially named as a "recognized certification body" by HHS. To date, CCHIT has certified 33 ambulatory EHR products, which had to meet all of CCHIT's 200-odd criteria. It will follow up by certifying hospital EHRs and health information exchange infrastructures.

CCHIT's picks include ABELMed PM--EMR by ABELSoft, …

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The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology just posted its proposed expanded criteria for ambulatory care electronic medical records systems for 2007, and proposed initial criteria for inpatient EMRs. Public comments are due by October 27. The goal is to have final proposed certification criteria by year-end for both ambulatory and inpatient EMRs. The criteria would be tested in early 2007 before becoming final. CCHIT in May will start accepting applications for …

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> University Hospitals in Ohio is rolling out a $2.5 million upgrade to its electronic records system that offers some features, including a hyperlink that, with the click of a mouse, will educate patients about their maladies. The new portal, a password-protected Web site launched in conjunction with First Consulting Group, will connect more than 7,000 clinicians affiliated with the region's second-largest health system. …

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The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), which is trying to encourage the adoption of healthcare information technology by physicians, last week named the 17 vendors whose ambulatory EHR products pass the commission's muster. Products that comply with 100 percent of the functionality and security criteria tested during the inspection will bear a CCHIT Certified(sm) seal that provides the first real benchmark for ambulatory EHR products, officials said. …

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Coming soon to a happy vendor near you: The Certification Commission for Healthcare IT (CCHIT) list of the first group of certified electronic health record software vendors. Slated for a July 18 release, the list may help providers struggling with a somewhat fragmented vendor market. Two dozen ambulatory EHR vendors, each of whom paid a $28K testing fee, were put to the test during the first round.  Showing a gracious streak, CCHIT chair Mark Leavitt said that only systems that pass …

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